Welcome to the Squadron
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"Welcome to the Squadron" is a short poem by Karl Jones.
Poem
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
Life is a series of impossible promises / Which keep coming true / One breath after another —Karl Gregory Jones]]"A series of impossible promises" is a short poem by Karl Jones.
The Flying Diner welcomes the Squadron with its legendary "bottomless cup" of Extremely Powerful Coffee.