| Whatever happened to skywriting? I'm sure | | | | brighten a day. It was a local kid done good. |
| that's what it's called. You know, its when a | | | | He probably used to shovel your walk and then |
| plane writes out a message with such | | | | refuse your two bits, because that's what |
| exquisite penmanship and flight mastery that | | | | skywriters did. And now he's thousands of |
| an entire town will be stopped in their | | | | feet up, scarf proudly billowing behind, |
| tracks in order to admire the great | | | | putting up the good news of Larry's tires |
| manifestation of human conquering nature, and | | | | having a labor day sale or maybe to tell all |
| simultaneously delivering a sharp message no | | | | that Steve loves Molly. |
| doubt. | | | | |
| | | | Yes, that's what I'm thinking about. We |
| I'm picturing it now. Two rascally nine year | | | | didn't have all this terrorist talk. We only |
| olds stop happily shooting bottle rockets at | | | | needed to worry about a nuclear-armed Soviet |
| a cat to stand awestruck at the sky. Old man | | | | Union aggressor; but hiding under our desks |
| Smith puts off sweeping the sidewalk in from | | | | seemed to reduce that old threat. Nowadays, |
| of his general store, admiring greatly the | | | | we've got dirty bombs and even dirtier |
| bold blue sky embossed with a lovely serif | | | | intelligence agencies. Is it a coincidence |
| font. Two quarreling drivers stop accusing | | | | that skywriting has fallen out of favor? I |
| one another as to who caused the accident | | | | don't think so. So, let's bring mobile |
| they just were in and agree with one another, | | | | outdoor advertising back to its roots. |
| if only briefly, that skywriting can really | | | | Everyone loves a good billboard. |