Top Guns
I am Goose
And I am Hollywood
And I am Maverick
And I am Viper
And I am Jester
And I am Cougar
And I am Slider
And I am Stinger
And I am Sundown
And I am Chipper
And I am Ghostrider
And I am Voodoo 3
And I am Mustang
And I am Blade
And I am TEX
And I am Rat
And I am Heater
And I am Iceman
And I am Merlin
And I am Wolfman
And I am Charlie, too.
And I am sand volleyball
Losing my loving feelings
Whilst flying a Grumman F-14 Tomcat in an inverted vertical,
Flipping birds to some Ruskies flying make-believe MiG-28s.
Goddamn!
I am the killer of Russians.
Goddammit!
Goddamn! Yes, they had it coming,
Watching every motion in their never-were MiGs.
I AM a tone-engaged fly-by losing you forever
For I AM forever heading into twilight
And I AM taking breaths away with the boys in the goddamn danger zone
And yes! Goddamn! Goddammit, yes!
I AM the mirror crashing
And I AM
every
single,
simple,
goddamn
joy.