Sep 5
HOW NOW RED BALLOON?
the balloon
crossed the road
on its own
cautiously at first
then becoming
a little braver
there wasn't a human
in sight
the balloon was red
why did it cross the road
you would have to
ask a chicken
it made its way
into a nearby field
just out of reach of
a host of thistles
angry at the invasion
of their territory
a bee followed it
across a ditch bemused
at such a solo flight
the balloon came to rest
on the back of a huge
black and white heifer
and there it remained
as I passed
and hurried by
cow and balloon
as one
living on in
my mind
all these 40 years
later.
*
Wish I had a time machine and could go back..get out of the car and see if the red balloon and the black and white cow ran away with each other and had cow/balloon children and lived happily ever after.
There was also, now you mention it, a laughing dog. And when we went to eat we were both dishless and spoonless. The cat on the fiddle was playing the Divil came down to Cork.
the balloon
crossed the road
on its own
cautiously at first
then becoming
a little braver
there wasn't a human
in sight
the balloon was red
why did it cross the road
you would have to
ask a chicken
it made its way
into a nearby field
just out of reach of
a host of thistles
angry at the invasion
of their territory
a bee followed it
across a ditch bemused
at such a solo flight
the balloon came to rest
on the back of a huge
black and white heifer
and there it remained
as I passed
and hurried by
cow and balloon
as one
living on in
my mind
all these 40 years
later.
*
Wish I had a time machine and could go back..get out of the car and see if the red balloon and the black and white cow ran away with each other and had cow/balloon children and lived happily ever after.
There was also, now you mention it, a laughing dog. And when we went to eat we were both dishless and spoonless. The cat on the fiddle was playing the Divil came down to Cork.
