Plane Quarry

“We join this program witness this magnificent beast the Boeing 757.
Glorious in its natural habitat, sniffing the early morning air
Scenting where its pray lay on the main runway.
Steadily it drinks from the pool, fuel for the hunt soon to come
Moving from night-time stanchion, she’s primed for the kill.
This cheetah of the sky makes her move toward the main runway.
She senses the chase, few to have witness this awesome power;
She’s away, target set, few get away, attack speed, terminal velocity,
Ground devoured, air torn from its pockets, air dart, kills gravity.
Listen to her engines raw their triumph, salivating in its victory over Newton.
With cheetahs speed and the grace of an albatross she glides away.

© Phil Golding 28.08.2007