EVERYBODY GIVES BALLONS

JUST FOR ANY EMOTIONAL OCCASION

BALLONS OF VARIOUS COLOURS

BALLONS OF VARIOUS SIZES AND SHAPES

BALLONS WITH SURPRISES INSIDE

BALLONS WITH SOMETHING TO SAY

BALLONS THAT BRING US A SMILE

PARTIES WITH BALLONS ALL AROUND

SOMETIMES YOU’LL SEE A BALLON

JUST COASTING, FLOATING ABOUT

LOOKING FOR A PLACE OR ROUTE

WAITING FOR ITS TIME TODIE

WHY CAN’T IT JUST FLOAT FOREVER

PASSING EVERYONE MAKING THEM SMILE

SOMETIMES THEY FLOAT AROUND AT NIGHT

FLOATING AROUND WITHOUT ANY LIGHT

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR

I ONCE WAS AWOKEN BY SUCH A BALLON

WHILE DRIVING ON THE OCEAN PARKWAY

A NIGHT THAT WAS DARK AND QUIET

DRIVING MY BMW Z-3, ONE HUNDRED MPH

A BALLON SMASHED INTO THE WINDSHIELD

THE ONE THAT PASSES EVERYONE WITH A SMILE

THE ONE EVERYONE SMILES BACK

THIS ONE BALLON WAS A WARNING

SOMEONE SMILIN WHILE WALKING

OR RUNNING FROM THE BEACH

ACROSS THE ROAD

IN THE DARKEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR

THINKING WHAT DID I HIT IN FEAR

I STOPPED THE CAR

ONLY TO RELIZE IT WAS AYELLOW SMILELY FACE BALLON

THANK GOD, OR THANK YOU GOD,WHAT A BLESSING

I’LL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN

I LOVE BALLONS

                        JOSEPH A DEVOE

                        8/15/09