…Pahn is banking
ascending
comfortably in an open airline
looking
down through
white
clouds
and cerulean gaps
toward
San Francisco
and
the Pacific obscured
He turns
to his right
as the plane levels and
catches
glimpses of the Diablo Range
green
from winter and then
looks
straight ahead
to
the saturated
marshes of the North Bay
The plane turns
and
descends toward
the
south hills of the peninsula
in
the aftermath of rain
stratus parting
and cumulus
rising around him…
…the
plane careens
past the
cables of a bridge
and
Pahn asks the stewardess
“Is
that the Bay Bridge?”
and
she says “Yes
The Captain is taking us past the bridge”
…
the
plane has landed
Pahn
realizes
that he is not expected
There
is no-one to meet him
He
walks through the terminals
looking
for something
It
occurs to him
that
he might be dreaming but
decides
that he is not because
he
would never wonder
in a dream if he is dreaming and besides
he
is so in his body
He
decides
that
he can find his own transportation…
…he
is standing by the curb
talking
to Daphnis who
is
standing nearby
when
Aiks pulls up
in a car
unexpectedly
It
takes him a few seconds to realize
that
he is no longer
looking for a ride
and then
accepts this new development
without questioning
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