Kisses, Blood, Kerosene, and Silk

She was kissing me

Kissing me all over my face

A vision in pink

The love of my life

Her lips so soft and sweet

I opened my eyes

And Dog was licking me

I was lying halfway between the trailer and the work tent

I think I broke a tooth

I sat up and spit some blood out

This has definitely been getting worse

The meds don’t seem to be helping as much anymore

I have numerous mini seizures throughout the day

The Mormon family is worried about me

Different combinations of two or three of them stop by almost every day

They invited me to stay closer to them

Their property is almost one hundred acres

I’m almost tempted

But I have to keep my agenda in mind

Test flight is tonight

And I have several little things to get done beforehand

Passing out for almost an hour in the sun didn’t help

I’ve pulled the nitrogen and oxygen tanks for the flight

I won’t need them

I’ve already tested them and they work fine

What I need is less weight

I’ve really pushed the gross weight of the Lear

What with the extra structure, three rocket motors

And assorted support crap

I’m only filling the tip tanks with rocket fuel for the test

I’m not lighting the motors off for long

I just want to see how it handles the extra thrust in flight

Kerosene in the left

Hydrogen peroxide in the right

A nice half tank of Jet A

A clear cool night

I filed a flight plan for this evening

I don’t want any trouble

A simple flight profile

Just testing out an aircraft

Performance climb

And some low and high altitude maneuvering

Nothing to see here

Move along

This is a good dry run for Dog as well

Seeing me fly away might freak him out

Seeing me come back will reassure him

That I’ll come back next time too

I feel like such a liar though

I’ve been working on a letter to leave the Mormon family

Trying to explain what I’m really trying to do

I find myself at a loss for words mostly

I’ll just do my best

Everything is all set for tonight

I’ll just go inside, take a shower and relax

I got a couple pairs of silk underwear and undershirts

I thought that would be pretty comfortable

I get a crooked half smile

Revealing my newly chipped tooth

Then it’ll be time to put on the suit