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“I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.”
― Maya Angelou

“Pariah Luggage by Stewart Stafford

I am the last piece of luggage,
On the baggage carousel,
If there's a suitcase deity,
It has cursed and forsaken me.

I see the excited faces drop,
Blank me and turn away,
And around I go yet again,
Condemned to ovoid limbo.

The stumbling supermodel,
On a mortification catwalk,
Bursting at badly-taped seams,
Spilling contents everywhere.

On my next lap of shame,
Those same faces show pity,
For the uninvited leper guest,
At life's most fugacious "party."

© Stewart Stafford, 2022. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford