It's So Helpful

having things named
like the LIGHT TRANCE STATE
recommended in the New Age magazine
so the next time I'm on a plane
and we hit a lot of turbulence
    I think now's the time for that
    LIGHT TRANCE STATE

I close my eyes
get my feet arranged just so
kind of let my mind slip into a
LIGHT TRANCE STATE
(can't exactly explain how) I
pretend my body's the airplane vibrating
in tune with the cosmos
everything's fine!
except I can't stop twitching

Mary Winters