Flights of fancy
via wings of balsa
when an extra nickel
added a propeller
we took wing
on wind-looping
imagination
gliding sometimes
to gentle landings
more often crashing
with aplomb-tinged
disappointment
when repairs were
beyond the pale
Images silently
soaring, frozen in
in time and flight
still life, real life
in balsa and
backyard
– Mark Lucker
Ponderable polemics, poetic 