LA X
The dinosaur of international
Terminal travel
Wireless weak
No charging stations
Only tired
Scratched plastic tables
And worn navy nagahid
Seating
Circa1992
So it goes
And I wait
Terminal B
Terminal Bore
Then hallelujah
The phone rings
He's here landed
All the way from Dubai
From Basra from
Samawa, Iraq
The old home town
Where bombs ring
The country
And the people are
"Their minds no good"
He says
From all the war
So he comes back
Home away from home
California
Come here and help me, he says
But doesn't understand I can't
Go past security
Like we used to back in the day
September 10, 2001
He's tired
Confused
Addled
Come help me he insists
I can't
Fuck you then
So it goes
Welcome back
I love you
2 hours pass
And finally he comes walking out
Dragging his carry on bag
behind him
the big bag
Is gone
On -
Flying in
To home
Without him
