Write in the city 09May22
You search for dates and times of flights,
select, confirm, and pay
Your boarding pass is printed right
you wait for departure day
To airport on a journey long
in bright and cheerful mood
Your heart is filled with happy song
and thoughts of all things good
On arriving, Alas! you're stumped
by bad news that you fear
from your Row One seat you're bumped
to Row Fifty at the rear.
Another scare comes from the flight
departures information screen:
Words DELAYED flash red and bright
for flights that can be seen
It is a day of bad delays
at the crowded airport hall
with patience tried in many ways
you wait for your boarding call.
"Delayed"
by Huang Bing Yao
Mon 09May22 1119 hrs GMT+8
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