Zoaloft

What a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor cannot do,

is launch you into the air,

on wings of aviation-grade aluminum,

35,000 feet up…

to peer down at the Earth, and your troubles,

which, at this height, are more piddly and inconsequential

than you could have ever imagined.

What a relief.

In the quilted crust below, you are not even a thread,

or a single stitch,

or a molecule of dye,

So just relax.

For the next two hours and six minutes, you are lighter than air.

Have a pretzel—it’s complimentary.