No fly zone
This is a no-fly zone.
This is the airless air, where
nothing can fly
over the desert skywaves
with the single exceptions
of odd bombers
and occasionally fighters
tucked under the radar
and maybe a missile or seven
surging out of the white sea
and feeling free to land
in the sand over which
no-one of course can fly
apart from the phantoms
and the spooks
and the unholy ghosts
which are not really flying
because in a no-fly zone
no-one is allowed
to crowd the stratosphere
with the intention
of flying in any direction.
That is banned. Completely. That’s why it’s known
as a no-fly zone.
