Standing amid the tan, excited post-Christmas crowd at the Southwest Florida Regional Airport, Rabbit Angstrom has a funny sudden feeling that what he has come to meet, what's floating in unseen about to land, is not his son Nelson and daughter-in-law Pru and their two children but something more ominous and intimately his: his own death, shaped vaguely like an airplane.
In the bustling atmosphere of the Southwest Florida Regional Airport, Rabbit Angstrom stands amidst the post-Christmas crowd, filled with excitement and anticipation. However, a peculiar sensation washes over him, leading to a deep introspection about what he truly expects to encounter. Instead of looking forward to reuniting with his son Nelson, daughter-in-law Pru, and their children, he grapples with a more profound realization about the reality of his own mortality.
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