The Airship Abduction

I wish I were

     An airship star,

To buzz and whirr

     Where planets are.

To sweep the skies

     In madd’ning flight      

Where cloudland lies

     So blue and white.

I wish I were

     An airship man

I’d make a stir

     With all the clan.

A ship I’d buy

     The fastest yet

And then I’d fly

     To you, my pet.

I’d hurry you

     From earthly ties;

And mount the blue

     And foamy skies.

I’d speed you far

     From earth pell-mell;

My airship car

     Would be your cell.

I wish I were

     An airship king

A prisoner

     You’d be awing.

We’d sweep the grand

     Untraveled way;

But where we’d land

     I cannot say.

Sept. 8, ‘10