the woman next to me
never said much
only
excuse me
or god bless you
when I sneezed
--twice in quick
succession--
30,000 feet up
sifting through clouds
with a casual ease

I was sitting window
on a small little jet
from the beach back to the city
no more than fifty people
but this woman
--let me tell you--
she was one in a million
slightly older
and wow did she
look amazing
while I was up
for the first time
from the abuse
I was flying away from

30,000 feet isolated
above the earth
with no one to talk to
just sifting slowly
through the clouds
I don't know if
it was the hangover
perhaps the altitude or
some other intangible
reason
but I'll be ****** if
I didn't fall in love
just for a little while
all the way
up there