The Detritus of Life

Used Boarding Cards,
tucked between the pages
of read and still-to-be read books:
Bookmarks of journeys
performed in vain.

Of times spent in airports,
waiting for departures:
Of comings and goings
through innumerable security checks;
Of flights carrying plastic food
in plastic trays,
Served by Dolly air hostesses.

Life’s detritus accumulated, and then
crammed in a bookshelf.