Delayed

Based on Turkey 1997

[airport hubbub]

Been
In this terminal
Since six
FML
Passed security.

Gah,
Shitty internet speed
Low on sleep
Then the sign of flights
To my horror prints
“Delayed”

To survive this scene
Of an endless doom
I will pass my time
Entertaining me
I should check my wit
And recite a list
Those who won Grand Slams
In this century:

There’s Nadal, of course
Azarenka too
Na, Sharapova
Sampras, Đoković
Angelique, Justine
The two Andys, Kim
Plus the Williams twins
Ivanišević

[hours pass]

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Spent a year since check-in
So it seems
I’d be home by now
Sadly, I’m still here
Delayed

So another game
One more list will do
But will make this one
Eurovision-y
Representatives
But the challenge is:
Went for microstates
As a vocalist

Olivier Toussaint
Van der Wal, Fabian
Anne-Marie Godart
Serhat, Lise Darly
Jenny, Willy, Line
Irish Géraldine
Ireen Sheer, Corinne
Nana Mouskhouri

(Flight Two Nine…) Diane Solomon
(Now boarding…) Welter, Marion
(Gate Sixty…) And Plastique Bertrand
(Proceed there…) Sophie, Magaly

(Miss Paker…) There’s Miodio
(Your luggage…) And Céline Carzo
(This instant…) Dominique Dussault
(Offloaded…) Séverine, Senit