Military personnel in uniform may also board at this time.
-- Speaker (Line 8)

Importance: This short, single-clause sentence stands out surrounded by more complex, multi-clause run-on sentences. It prioritizes those associated with war efforts above the majority of other passengers, including the very wealthy. The small detail of the required uniform as a form of identification enhances the poem’s surrealism and hints at the materialistic themes at play.

Accredited Beautiful People / may now board, plus any gentleman carrying a copy / of this month’s Cigar Aficionado magazine
-- Speaker (Lines 13-15)

Importance: This line title-cases “Accredited Beautiful People” to emphasize that these people are not just physically attractive, but officially stationed by society in some way. “[G]entleman”, by contrast, is left sentence-cased to act as a description rather than a title. Each list item helps support the poem’s dystopian atmosphere.

First Among Equals customers / may also now board
-- Speaker (Lines 21-22)

Importance: This line alludes to dystopian writer George Orwell...