The following is a poem from Sky Girl by Rosemary Griggs, published by Fence Books in January 2004.
DEN-EWR
September 21, 2001
Kimberlie and the pilot.
Are you afraid to fly now?
Do
you know the wildebeests on the Discovery
Channel?
No.
You
know, they get to a place where they have to
cross
the crocodile infested river and there is no
other
way to go so they all run across at the same
time
knowing a few of them will be eaten but the
majority
of them will make it.
I'm flying now but I'm frightened.
I'm arranging packets of sugar.
Imagine
how the wildebeests feel.
—Reprinted from Sky Girl with the permission of Fence Books. © 2004 by Rosemary Griggs.