I see a line of 14 folks whose flight
has been delayed, and every one of them
appears resigned and patient: quite all right
with change in plans. Each has a stratagem
I can’t perceive. It’s San Francisco fog
again (or runway closure), so they say.
As usual, the City makes a slog
of what should be an hour’s hop today.

It happens all the time, I overhear,
for SFO is delicate or shot.
I make this trip at least 5 times a year
and it’s delayed more often than it’s not.
I settle in. My problem’s not complex –
for all I know it’s worse at PDX.