Written by m ennenbach

a balloon with a smiley face drawn in marker

he was
a helium
balloon
slipping
free
from the
tentative
grasp
of reality
to float
ever higher
so the
inevitable
crash
would be
that much more
devastating
upon his
empty shell.

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