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A Jet In a clear blue sky Leaving a faint vapour trail Pure white across azure Perfect summer day People shopping, driving Leaving the house with claims Of “Be back soon” Not knowing they’d never be fulfilled A crowd, in anticipation Packed like sardines Around an arena, waiting to be awed Wowed by the spectacle of flight One man among the clouds Mocking their gravitational prison But today, worlds collide Are destroyed Man finds that fragile flight Ends on a road at traffic lights Not the spectacle expected But no less dramatic, a ball of flame The crowd take pictures for the press Hoping for a mention on the news And update facebook status Under a sky of clear blue
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Sep 11, 2019
Sep 11, 2019 at 6:32 PM UTC
nigdaw
Shoreham
A Jet In a clear blue sky Leaving a faint vapour trail Pure white across azure Perfect summer day People shopping, driving Leaving the house with claims Of “Be back soon” Not knowing they’d never be fulfilled A crowd, in anticipation Packed like sardines Around an arena, waiting to be awed Wowed by the spectacle of flight One man among the clouds Mocking their gravitational prison But today, worlds collide Are destroyed Man finds that fragile flight Ends on a road at traffic lights Not the spectacle expected But no less dramatic, a ball of flame The crowd take pictures for the press Hoping for a mention on the news And update facebook status Under a sky of clear blue
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