‘The Departure Lounge’ *
With my head in the clouds โ ๏ธ . . .
and my dragon caged in the cargo hold โ๏ธ
it’s time for some in-flight entertainment
‘La PSYOP Coloniale’… the Opera! ๐ค๐ถโ๏ธ
“Prenez รงa ๐ฅ toi impรฉrialiste laquais!”
‘FINI’ . . . “Bravo!” ๐๐
Lunchtime . . .
and back to sweet reality ๐
Then, sadly, some earthbound insanity ๐ต
Title Artwork & Photography … by David Redpath ยฉ 2025
* ‘The Departure Lounge’ artwork … courtesy of Multiple Michael ยฉ 2025
——SCENES FROM DREAM #581——
David Redpath 
All journeys voluntarily undertaken with open mind are right and good especially since you are going to end up where you started; with more bells on.
It is just forcible displacements because someone thought your eyes are the wrong colour which makes everyone blind and sucks the life out of dragons.
Congrats as always to Multiple Michael, too. He does not need, it seems, to travel to be superlatively belled and streaming rainbows. Sunbows.
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“Distance from dystopia ๐
makes the heart grow fonder โค๏ธ
Whereas the closer you get
the voices become louder
. . . and shriller.” ๐
A hypersonic thank you, Sarah ๐๐
Yes, there’s no joy on the road
carrying hatred’s heavy load.
No peace there to be found
unless you lay it all down โฎ๏ธ โ๏ธ๐
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Flying inside one those long and skinny iron dragons, to an overseas rendezvous, is an exhausting experience, especially for my old weary bones, David
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Not much leg room flying economy.
Having to fold your legs under the
seat ๐บ is hard on the knees, Ivor โน๏ธ๐ถ
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The iron dragons are not designed for comfort, they are only there to fly the dragon’s eggs from nest to nest, without dropping them in the ocean …
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Like a Led Zeppelin ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐
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Oh … our “stairway to heaven”
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. . . and a mile high ๐คญ๐ถ
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Long flight?
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Time enough for a Wagnerian opera ๐
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Either of which would be torture for me.
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International airlines specialise in
long distance trials of endurance ๐ซค๐ถ
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Fun times on VietJet Air. Creepy doll. Good he left his butcher knife at home.
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Monsieur Chucky ๐ช He’s French ๐
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En route to terrorize the Vietnamese?
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Between the Chinese, the French, the
U.S., and the occasional typhoon ๐ช๐ง
I think the Vietnamese have had quite
enough ๐ค๐ถ
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I think you are right.
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Well, that was a most interesting flight! Thank you, David.
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Thanks for flying Bloggery Airlines โ๏ธ
Violet ๐๐ ๐
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My brain needed that.
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Thanks ๐ Yes, the rewiring of the
human brain ๐ง is a fine art ๐ท๐ช
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Great scenes of air travel, David.
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Thanks Christopher ๐๐
Travel broadens the mind
and empties the wallet ๐ธ
I’m getting itchy feet just
thinking about it โ๏ธ ๐ค๐ถ
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If we just walked down Mulberry Street together, I would not see the things you see.
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I thought I saw Dr. Seuss
on Mulberry Street? ๐ค๐ถ
Thanks for the walk, Geoff ๐๐
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Yep! Thanks, it was even better than I remembered!
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Many thanx for that speed-of-light video, David.
Art
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My scoot-tooting pleasure, Art ๐
The previous day a scooter rider
pulled out of a driveway right
infront of us with a cigarette in
one hand ๐ฌ and his phone ๐ฑ
in the other ๐ซฒ โผ๏ธ The day prior
I was enjoying a coconut coffee โ๏ธ
when two scooters collided. One
rider had to be taken to hospital ๐ฅ
(surprisingly, It was a local … not
a tourist ๐ค๐ถ).
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love the tercet.. “The Departure Loungeโ *
With my head in the clouds โ ๏ธ . . .
and my dragon caged in the cargo hold”
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Caฬm ฦกn rรขฬt nhiรชฬu ๐
I couldn’t go to Viet Nam without
taking my dragon along ๐ ๐
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:)) you kill me :))
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May you always have safe travels, David. โค
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Thank you, Anna ๐๐
Here, and there, go I
by the grace of God ๐๐ถ
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Fascinating perspective. ๐คฉ๐
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Aboard a modern jet airliner โ๏ธ ๐ค๐ถ
the height might be right, but the
width of the seat ๐บ is just so petite,
with legroom brief and lacking depth.
Particularly flying economy, as sadly,
I have little to no wealth ๐ข๐ถ
That’s my perspective, Shelley ๐
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๐๐๐๐๐๐I get the picture ๐
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Seeing those flight attendants made me think back to early in my careerโฆ Iโd fly with this older married guy and it was a different eraโฆ as a young dude just out of college, Iโd chat up the stews and more often than not, get a phone #โฆ older guy shook his head, combination what thโโฆ? and cool! ๐๐ Great post but that โRosemaryโs babyโ kid IS pretty creepy, lol
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Thanks Darryl ๐
You’ve reminded me of the time I got
lucky flying easyJet. There was a four
hour delay waiting for a spare part to be
flown in from Glasgow, so they gave me
โฌ400 as per company policy ๐ฐ ๐
But then, there was the time I flew โ๏ธ
British Airways to Mexico . . . ๐ค๐ถ
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from the clouds to earthbound insanity of such…was a steep drop, David…๐ฅดlol…
much enjoyed…๐ค
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What goes up must come down,
apparently ๐ค๐ถ๏ธ
Thanks for taking the trip, Destiny ๐๐
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apparently so…
my pleasure…๐ค๐
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