She gestured to me
“Wouldn’t you like to go for a ride?”

In back of her was a large balloon,

“No way”, I said.
“That is just thin material, not very strong
filled with hot air, rising up  to heights
better left to the birds,
looking down on everything and everyone,
not much use to anyone,”

“Well”, she said
“then you two have something
in common…..”

 

 

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This short story is the work of Notthedane56. You can find a lot more of his poetry, fiction and humor on his main site Everything in and around Denmark and on his new blog My House at the Sea.

 

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