helicopter uow hellochopters fly hellocopters fall 040804 ... uow halocopters feel 040805 ... tender_square at the crest of a forested hill, the propulsive chop of copter blades from the nearby hospital, either airlifting someone in or someone out. alone as the sun rose, her cheeks hot as if licked by solar flares, her heart hammered sixteenth notes in thunderous succession. she was a fugitive with her back against the oakwoods, atoning for sins in the silent morning. 220420 ... past in all the places i've lived, helicopters have been a sign someone was having a terrible day. the orange machines rushing to the closest hospital for emergency treatment where an ambulance would not get them there fast enough. 220421 ... past my niece used to flinch at the sight and sound of them. a different cultural memory. instead of a vehicle trying to facilitate health and repair, to her they were signs of when her country was torn apart by outsiders riding in on helicopters. rather than a bright orange symbol that help was on it ways, for her the dark silhouettes racing across the sky symbolized coming destruction. 220421 what's it to you? who go blather from