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Schiphol blue

Airports shaped like ocean liners
but a crane cannot be
anything
other than temporary.

Plump jets prove and
line-up and slumber (into the air provided)
energetic buses ferry
luggage wagons obey and
there is democracy
again.

A framework for extended capacity
paving slabs
relax and unwind safe in their future

the workers have all knocked off
for the weekend
And who can blame them?

 

Nick Dockerty