Arrias and His Muse: Radial Song
Author’s Note: My Muse was impressed…
Radial Song
An engine quickly comes to life,
A lovely rumble, grumble, grumble,
A puff of smoke, another bang,
Grumble, Grumble, Grumble!
This is followed by a cough
Followed by another, and a third,
Three radial engines, a loud, deep purr,
Delightful noises from a big silver bird.
She sits there with her nose cocked up,
Huge, thick, shiny, silver wings,
She’s been the stuff of movie stars,
Industry titans, and of kings.
But that really doesn’t matter,
There is a much greater prize,
What matters far, far more than that,
The kings are gone, she still flies!
A short take-off run and up she goes,
She’s back where she belongs,
Up with the birds and angels,
As she sings that delightful radial song…
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