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I keep thinking of travel this time of year, of friends, family, strangers, moving across the country and over seas to visit those they love, miss, pretend to hate.

Deb Olin Unferth’s “Passport,” taken from AGNI Online, is simple and poignant and will stay with you through your travels. Enjoy this story of the day, and keep your tray tables in the upright, locked position.

She swears with God and his servants, she swears like a fool who swears by his gold, she swears in the manner of royalty, in the voice of one defeated, with trembling lip, eyes lifted, heart crossed, mind clear as a polygraph. Gentlemen, she does swear.