they always have a tinge of nostalgia
because the writer is going somewhere
or leaving someplace behind.
they almost always have desires
for all the mothers of the universe,
and end with songs collected along the way.
they also come because
of a mix of fear and farts,
the future and the forgotten.
they have an excitement
and a desperate longing,
but also a disparate tone.
they are left up in the atmosphere,
or stolen back down to earth
to be burned by continuance.
they drag on
after the flight
and the fight for what's right.
they either live forever
or get lost at baggage claim,
because the writer is a different person up there.