Fortune favors the prepared

'Though Anthony proposes to rely
on Kurtis to bring oxygen tanks, full,
Scott knows--although this wasn't quite a 'lie--
such promises get filed away as "bull".
With years, a pilot learns to be aware
great Owens days won't come on our command.
It's wise to show up totally prepared;
what's delegated isn't in our hands.
Memorial week, thermals often rip
a glider up to frolick with the birds.
But far too often, pilots waste the trip;
to gamble with hypoxia's absurd.
No outcome's guaranteed at sea, or air
But Fortune smiles on those who come prepared.