Kosher

We got seats with more leg room this time around. We did not fuss with the menus. I am excited and apprehensive. The turtle is boarding with our son. We have hired someone to care for the cats.

Are you excited?

Are you apprehensive?

Do you know

What you are?

I know the trip

Will be better

Than the last one,

Squished in the back row

With seats

That did not lean back,

With meals

That were all

Unappealing

Except for possibly

The vegetarian option.

I ordered kosher.

I understood kosher

Was always better.

The flight attendant

Was confused

At this cross-wearing person

Who did not care

If she opened the cover

Of the meal.

In the end

The kosher meal

Was still

Airline food.

Am I excited?

Am I apprehensive?

Do I know

What I am?

I will be

What I am

No less

No more

No kosher meal.