On the Flight to Alamosa, Colorado
Brian Turner
Only subscribers may read this in its entirety. What follows is a free preview, truncated midway through.
At 10,000 feet, the lights of Denver
fade as pilots check their gauges,
the Beechcraft’s engines thrumming my ears
as elevation and cabin pressure block out
passengers in conversation behind me,
the world outside a distorted globe
with my reflection in it, moonless and culpable.


