A Memorable Fancy

From recent plane trips, I have come to know

Just what our country looks like from on high,

As seen through clouds, so very far below.

Today a grand illusion in the sky

Caused dizziness. I lay back in my swing,

Inhaled my Chinese lilacs, and my gaze

Went upward. Truly 'twas the strangest thing:

Farmlands and fields and rivers through a haze

Of drifting water vapor did appear,

As though my world had been turned inside-out,

As though the antipodes had come so near

I'd reach them if I just let go. About

Me all seemed poised to let me go and float

Off to the skylands, however remote.