Airport Life

1

Loudspeaker announcement (San Antonio, Texas)

Attention in the terminal!

Would the passenger        who left a bucket of stones

with a candle stuck in them

        please

return to        the security

        checkpoint?

My shock—sitting at A3—I am the only one laughing.

Businessmen aren’t laughing.

They didn’t even hear it.

Repeat announcement . . .

Everyone looks bored. They are checking their phones.

They are telling people where they are.

2

Man on cell phone (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)

Good-bye! Bye-bye, my sweethearts!

Love you!

Send email! Send pictures! Don’t forget!

Pray, do everything!!!!!

And take care!