Forever untitled

Philly Airport
Lay over from Atlanta
Gate B5 flight 755 to Los Angeles
Roshann will pick me up
US Airways

The man at the counter said
I was lucky to be leaving Atlanta
Going to Los Angeles
I nodded
Smiled
I am polite
A good girl
Lucky girl
Whatever that means

You were my father
You are my father
It is all still so new
I have resolved
I will not refer to you in past tense

5:30
Zone 7
They are boarding first class and zone 1
I have to wait
They don't care that I am your daughter
They are stupid at US Airways
First class through zone 2 only
Now 3

I am leaving Philly
To Los Angeles
To my father's funeral
And then to his grave