elderly man
clinging
wild-eyed blue
to life
looking up
at me standing up
fast from the seat
beside him
telling his less-
panicked wife more
alive here you can
have my seat and
moved one row up
beside a young man
and his sister glancing
over as the old lady
says loudly to her
silent wide-eyed
partner somebody
did a real nice thing
for us don't you think?
as i pretended
not to hear thinking
about my dad
and me