Pray to Lord I Hope at Least One of My Ears Doesn’t Pop

i.
Sarah had seen him many times
shedding tears
exclusively for film characters.
And so when Fred cried
at the departure gate,
she thought they might be
in a documentary.

ii.
Paul asked Jeannie, over
the breakfast menu:
“When will we meet again?”
She did not say a word.
Paul encouraged her: “When planes
all descend into the sun?
When snowmen become extinct?”
Finally she said, “When my hair
grows out.”

iii.
A bird-shaped stone
can never fly,
only be thrown.