“Operation Babylift” by Tiana Nobile (poetry ’17)
An excerpt from “Operation Babylift” by Tiana Nobile (poetry ’17), published by Kweli Journal.
Operation Babylift
“We bucket-brigade-loaded the children right up the stairs into the airplane.”
– Col. Bud Traynor, pilot
April 4, 1975
Skin still wet with mother’s
grief. I brought my baby
to them, I admit it.
Airlift Takes Off
Tucked in cardboard and stowed
two to each seat.
At 23,000 Feet Systems Fail
In the event of being born
in a country ravaged by war –
Explosion
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