POEM: Tea at 36,000 Feet

 

Tea at 36,000 Feet 

The
fold-down tray table
 
on
this

trans-continental
flight
 
from
Charlotte, NC,
 
to
Salt Lake City, UT,
 
is
full.
 
There
is still room,
 
however,
for
 
a
small
 
cup
of tea
 
in
the
 
front-
right section
 
of
the fold-down
 
table.
It is
 
premium
Bigelow,

100%

Ceylon
 
Tea,
served
 
in a
half-size,
 
Styrofoam,
Delta Airlines-brand,
 
Seattle’s Best
Coffee
 
cup.
The tea
 
was
delicious—
 
with
a little
 
creamer
and
 
a
little
 
sweetener—
and
 
the
flight
 
was
a little
 
choppy,
but
 
not bad.
Each
 
seat
was
 
full,
and
 
we
landed—
 
four
hours
 
later—
safely.
 
 
—Nicholas Patti