their fingers twist around strings that are tethered to firm balloons. whenever we see them, they fly above everyone else, their taunts trailing behind them. but when their balloons deflate, they crash into the rocky earth, and their taunts are buried. air always escapes.
Escapril Day 19! Prompt: vanity. To be honest, this prompt stumped me for a while, and this is what I came up with. Thank you all for reading :)