WHEN TIME FLIES

by Tom Fillion

Time flies but YOU ARE THE NAVIGATOR

there is no magnetic north

on the compass

to fly to

Or flight plans

to follow

priority boarding is universal

there are always delays

and layovers

but never cancellations

or flying backwards

when time flies

security is lax

carry-ons aren’t checked

baggage is free

every seat has a window

and leg room to spare

seat belts are available

but not required

there are no air pockets

or weather to avoid

time always flies on autopilot

because the trip is

just a fly-over

to earn more

frequent flyer miles

for the next trip

Thomas Fillion is the author of 5 novels and 2 books of poetry. A new novel, The Year of Broken Glass, is in the works. A number of his short stories and poems reside online. He graduated from the University of South Florida in Tampa and is the third generation of his family to work at Mt. Washington Cog Railroad in New Hampshire. His experience as a waterbed set-up man inspired The Dream Mechanic, a colorful look at 1970s Me Generation. His teaching career began at Hillsborough County Adult High School as an English and math instructor. In 1991, Desert Storm, he was an English language trainer for the Royal Saudi Air Force in Taif, Saudi Arabia. He has also taught Ringling circus children and was a private tutor for Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys. For twenty years he taught math and coached track, tennis, and golf at Robinson High School. He is now gainfully unemployed, i.e., retired, and spends his time writing, riding a bicycle along Tampa’s Bayshore Boulevard and Riverwalk, picking a guitar, grilling some dinner, and traveling to New Mexico and Vermont. @dream_mechanic, facebook.com/dreammechanic, https://thomasmfillion.substack.com/

Tom’s latest book of poems, Everyone Gets a Trophy, is available on Amazon:

 https://www.amazon.com/Everyone-Gets-Trophy-Thomas-Fillion/dp/B0FM82RMG6/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0