I make around 20 trips a year to Ireland to see the family. By and large my experience with EasyJet is fine but there are times when the experience is more charmless than usual. Late night flights are especially prone to delay and it's difficult not to drift into a maudlin mindset as one surveys one's fellow passengers at this ugly time and place.
Last flight out of
Luton
The destination monitor blinks
The dawn flights are on the board
It’s the last flight out of
Hygiene operatives sweep the
floor.
The screen instructs “Relax and
Shop”
But the tills at Tie Rack chime no
more.
It’s the last flight out of
And cheap flight carriers serve
the poor.
The cabin crew drift through
arrivals
The shutters descend at duty free
Fellow travellers cradle their
energy drinks
Staring entranced at static
departure screens
The men wear track suits as their
travel garb
Or the shiny shirts of their
football teams,
It’s the last flight out of
Where cheap flight carriers serve
our dreams