Playing with John Updike's "Flight to Limbo"

At a point
During its flight to limbo,
The chair wound
The wraith around
And the air screeched in agony.
But the mop didn't want to miss out.
So it waltzed its own waltz with the wraith.
Led it in circles.
The winged behemoths
Demanded screen time;
Asked the scene be set in an airport.

And this lifeless dance,
During his flight to limbo,
cast a lucky spell on the poet.
Made him add a weird set of props :
A lone agent, a family of twin toddlers
And a bent old lady in a wheelchair,
Some girls and boys,
Women in sarees and kimonos,
And Louis Armstrong !

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Inspired by John Updike's "Flight to Limbo".