By Oz Author, AA Bell

The day friend Sally called me, just to ask to play my part
In joining in her blog for friends, to say "what warmed my heart?",
I was stuck in Sydney Qantas lounge, no thanks to ash from Chile
While that grumpy Mount Pew-hey-you, spewed its guts up willy nilly.

I was stuck in crowds of thousands, singing songs of luck and woe,
While we bedded down on luggage, with our bodies head to toe,
With smelly socks and dirty frocks, and coughing from the flu,
And an airport filled with tourists; ninety nine for every loo.

And then I made the dumb mistake of eating spicy food,
Which made my face swell twice its size; I really looked a dude!
I coughed and sneezed for three days hence, I sadly grew so pale,
And then I caught the flu myself; my whole week was a fail.

But airport staff were fabulous, they really did their job
And tourists from all languages were one big friendly mob
I made it down to Melbourne with a hundred brand new friends,
And a firm belief the loos are less for ladies than for mens.

Bad news didn’t end there, but I also must confess,
My thriller won a huge award; for excellence no less
(For both fantasy and sci-fi, and its name is Diamond Eyes,
about a girl who can see history; it’s for older girls and guys.)

Then three days on, there came the time it was to fly me home
So off to Melbourne airport in a taxi I did roam.
We ran the lights, we crashed the car and ran clear out of fuel
I walked the last mile in the rain, (past that cops-n-robber duel!)

I made it though, no time to spare. I bolted to the gate,
Where the hostess made a call to tell me fin’ly of my fate;
No plane for me at all that day.
The ash was back to play.
No refunds, no deferrals, and no way to make amends
I spun to find the nearest loo, and my next one hundred friends.

Browse Inside the multi-award winning Diamond Eyes here:
http://browseinside.harpercollins.com...

See the Book Trailers & Original Theme Song, which have gone viral here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qERvjh...

ORIGINAL POST WITH PICS @ Sally's Blog:
http://sallymurphy.blogspot.com/2011/...