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You′ve seen Balloons set –
Hav′nt You?
So stately they ascend –
It is as Swans – discarded
You,
For Duties Diamond –

 

Their Liquid Feet go softly out
Opon a Sea of Blonde –
They spurn the Air, as ′twere
too mean
For Creatures so renowned –

 

Their Ribbons just beyond the eye –
They struggle – some – for Breath –
And yet the Crowd applaud,
below –
They would not encore – Death –

 

The Gilded Creature strains –
and spins –

 

 ¦

 

Trips frantic in a Tree –
Tears open her imperial Veins –
And tumbles in the Sea –

 

The Crowd – retire with an Oath –
The Dust in Streets – go down –
And Clerks in Counting Rooms
Observe – ′′′Twas only a Balloon′′ –

The Zeros taught Us – Phosphorus –

We learned to like the Fire

By handling Glaciers – when a Boy –

And Tinder – guessed – by power

 

Of Opposite – to equal Ought –

Eclipses – Suns – imply –

Paralysis – our Primer +dumb

Unto Vitality –

 

+ numb –