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8 T.M. Cooley J. Prac. & Clinical L. 75 (2005-2006)
United We Fly, October 2001

handle is hein.journals/tmcjpcl8 and id is 85 raw text is: UNITED WE FLY, OCTOBER 20011

Gail E. Silverstein2
Two hour lines.
Too many probing stares.
Multiple media scares.
Can we frisk, profile and search
our way out of this?
Can we make these skies friendly again?
Turbulence of repeating media images of
exploding planes and
imploding rubble
imbalance our flight as
we breathe in
anxious air in our
adjusted seatbacks.
We are based here on
one- foot floatable cushions
between two lands, yet surrounded
by their common conveniences:
Headset jazz session on number five,
TV snippets and Hollywood blockbuster on number one,
Sharper Image gifts orderable on Airfone,
Pre-requested vegetarian food and our
choice of beverages neatly fit on
plastic stowaway trays.
This comfortable familiarity is slashed by
plastic knives; they were metal in August.
Indeed the contents have shifted in this
'This poem, in 2002, won First Place.
2 Gail Silverstein was a staff attorney and clinical supervisor in the HIV/AIDS Legal
Unit at East Bay Community Law Center, a community-based clinic of University
of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), and will soon start a position
as a Clinical Attorney/Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor of Law in the Civil
Justice Clinic at the University of California Hastings College of Law.

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