balloon on fire by Alyssa Ragsdale
- Lit Mag
- Mar 24, 2023
- 1 min read
there it is again
the balloon on fire
rising, inevitably,
but of course, not too quickly
torturously forcing me to watch
as proof of another day arises
this balloon must have
come from a carnival
gifted to me by some
imbecile clown trying to be funny
what kind of sick joke is this though
to wake me once again
after i had spent the last of my tickets
and took one final ride
but yet, here we are
again, still, unfortunately
because that stupid balloon on fire
has made its way into the sky again