Booking a flight can be fun
especially if you have time enough
to choose from the many options
you do not need
Extra legroom for those tiny legs
that are not put much to work
thanks to the technology
that's making moving
obsolete and superfluous
Extra kilos to add to the allowance
with a hope to unburden
the weary shoulders
of emotions that you were
too busy to feel or express
The meals on board
that look delicious and tempting
until served
Or the choice of seats
at just few dollars more
And mind you, you can have
the whole trip insured
against the uncertainties that make
life worth life or living
turning the days into
insured and assured humdrum
No room for flight of fancy there
And finally you can round it all up
with the altruistic fervour
adding a small sum
to the cause of your causing
or something entirely unheard
Paying off your carbon footprints
is very popular these days
I've heard
Talk of leaving footprints in the air
wiping off smiles from the face of earth
If only we were more grounded as a race
that has ravaged the planet indiscriminate
to need a tax on our breath
How far are you going to get away
flying up in the made-up skies
away from the guilt of destroying
the home to too many
you'll ever know or care
Mars is next in line
... the conquest continues unchecked
In the quest to con the nature
Mars is next...
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