Detroit International Airport,
flight delayed.
Need something to do.
Across the hallway,
guards in tactical gear.
One holds a German Shepherd.
I consider pulling the fire alarm,
test their preparedness.
Ms. Frizzle would approve.
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)
