seen and heard 2

19 Jul 2007, Chicago (ORD)

near the unstaffed Air India counter in Terminal 5
Andean-featured grandparents sit in stony silence as
a boyish gap-toothed face framed by girlish black curls
peers from behind a wall of stacked suitcases and sings
along to a weak FM signal: “nobody wanna see us together,
but it don't matter, no, cuz I got you…”

seen and heard 1

18 Jul 2007, Louisville (SDF)

As I wait in line at the United check-in counter, hoping to fix up our revised travel schedule, a mother walks by with a small child wearing a backpack much too big for him.

Kid: "Mom, I have a hunch."
Mom: "What about?"
...
Mom: "Oh! THAT kind of hunch!"