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[[File:Welcome to the Squadron.jpg|thumb|''Welcome to the Squadron''.]]"'''Welcome to the Squadron'''" is a short poem by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]].
"'''Welcome to the Squadron'''" is a short poem by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]].


== Poem ==
== Welcome to the Squadron ==


<blockquote>
We are all winging it<br>
We are all winging it<br>
from birth to death.
from birth to death.
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Welcome to the Squadron.
Welcome to the Squadron.
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== No man is an airplane ==
== No man is an airplane ==
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File:God's Avionics Recompute One Sonnet.jpg|link=God's Avionics Recompute One Sonnet (nonfiction)|[[God's Avionics Recompute One Sonnet (nonfiction)|God's Avionics Recompute One Sonnet]].
File:A_Series_of_Impossible_Promises.jpg|link=series of impossible promises|Life is [[A series of impossible promises|a series of impossible promises]] / Which keep coming true / One breath after another
 
File:God's Avionics Recompute One Sonnet.jpg|link=God's Avionics Recompute One Sonnet|[[God's Avionics Recompute One Sonnet]].


File:Flying Diner.jpg|link=Flying Diner|The [[Flying Diner]] welcomes the Squadron with its legendary "bottomless cup" of Extremely Powerful Coffee.
File:Flying Diner.jpg|link=Flying Diner|The [[Flying Diner]] welcomes the Squadron with its legendary "bottomless cup" of Extremely Powerful Coffee.
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[[Category:Henrietta Bolt]]
[[Category:Henrietta Bolt]]

Latest revision as of 16:46, 4 November 2021

Welcome to the Squadron.

"Welcome to the Squadron" is a short poem by Karl Jones.

Welcome to the Squadron

We are all winging it
from birth to death.

Si Monumentum Requiris,
Circumnavigate.

Welcome to the Squadron.

No man is an airplane

Jones has repeatedly insisted that "no man is an airplane, no man is an island — whatever it takes."

History

I wrote the poem on the morning of Saturday, 14 November 2020, in response to a post on Facebook.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links