The drone in this video was a birthday present from a good friend. The video is from the first time I took it out to learn how to fly it. (If you can't see it here, its on my YouTube channel.) I recently wrote the following poem about the experience. Nothing special, and yes, I took some artistic license with the sand dune imagery. Imagine a golf course.
slightly cockeyed
the breeze makes it hard to see
is it the wind or the pilot
guiding that funky course
straight for the sand dune pile
plummeting naturally
in the way of gravity
no zigzag jerks to show control
or lack thereof more readily
the splash of sand rejoicing
set free in the open air
guiltily abandoned there
shocked and dazed it looks
despite the cold unthinking plastic life
metaphors wrapped in metaphors
some things simply are
a robot in the sand
