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Looking back to Writing 201: Poetry

Posted on 2019-01-16 by Elizabeth Bennefeld

“Precarious Flight”

When Chester went down in the flight
balloon, there was scant time to relight
the gas nozzle there
that heated the air
keeping Chester and basket upright.

Liz Bennefeld, -8 October 2015

 

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