Pray. Ok, now that you got that out of the way, hold out your hands. Is it really true all that divinity candy you consumed was lighter than clouds? While you’re at it, taste a cloud. Count how many of your friends’ houses you can see, did any of them wave back? For once, you’re taller than the elephant. For that matter—a mountain! For once he can’t hurt you. Now you have a reason to “spread your wings” as your mother said, who believed in you, always. Read the numbers on the side of jet. Don’t be mad they didn’t stop, how could they? Count the feathers of a condor. Wait, did you notice how eagles are much larger in person? Now you can trace the horizon with one finger. Kiss a butterfly, see what all the fuss is about. Take note of how trees now bend to you, for once. Quick! Notice how you’ve let everything go, even as the dust gathers ‘round to welcome you home, even if the guy at the pro shop gave you change for a $10 when you clearly gave him $20. Laugh at all sales being final.
Guy Cramer’s work has appeared in Hobart Pulp, HAD, Expat Press, BULL, The Bulb Region, and Hawkeye Magazine.