thin air on plane/plain

caged in a box of plastic, metal, leather, air-conditioning and tired, bored faces sitting and waiting in line
for a coffee and a life
served in disposable cups
"Caution- Content´s hot!"
We swallow and chew on lukewarm pleasures
and numb the aftertaste
with a teeth-bleaching peppermint
before being greeted conventionally
by a kiss and a hug
at another end of this world
as though the in-between
had been bridged by no more than
a sigh and a sip