THE ADVENTURES OF JITNEY JET/A Geography Travel Series [Part 1, The Introduction: ‘Discovery’]

Pen: A.Teveluwe
Copyright: James R. Gauselman @ 2011


A little boy/girl gazes with amusement and glee
Straining to point, and says “Daddy, did you see?”

For far up above them streaks an unusual contraption
A dizzying air machine like no other distraction.

While clearly an aircraft of not unusual proportion
The chrome wingtips and engines reflected its peculiar flight motions.

And dangling from nose to tail, and all about its surface
Sprang strings of Christmas lights, belying its unknown purpose.

It was buzzing and whirling all about great billowy clouds
Brightly flashing its magical paint scheme while hardly making a sound.

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Merrily as we fly over circuses with their clowns
Corn planted fields and neighboring towns

We loop and roll ‘round clouds of cotton
While crowds far below cheer for days nearly forgotten.

This is our mystical bird lightly flitting about
Taking us on adventures, spying on high, as an eagle scouts.

Where there are no defined borders to block our view
Sights from dawn to dusk capture our craft’s crew.

We cascade over mountains, desert sands and sea shores
To faraway places and grand oases galore.

From old civilizations passed into history’s memory queue
Onto where new peoples and cultures blend with the morning dew.

Our ‘jitney’ is our transport to places far and wide
Small, or as tall as the brightly sunlit sky.

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Now climb aboard for destinations, fun and whimsical to see
And fascinating memories, you’ll forever recall with glee.