The French Connection

We could learn from them,
this aerobatic pair,
a Parisian man and wife,
piloting separate planes
that streak the sky with smoke.

They fly a horizontal loop,
one rolled inside, one out, 
each invisible to the other,
each trusting in the course 
they've set, the path 
they've chosen, together.

Round and round
they cut the summer sky,
engines roaring,
wings unwavering,
planes belly to belly
but never quite touching.

Scott Speck
05/18/2001