caitlin smith
Balloon
You let go of my neck
and I flew round the room
in a flap
Blew all my air out
in a noisy flatulent panic
leaving a flaccid exclamation mark
of bright red rubber
in the corner of the floor
Waiting
for the next set of lungs
to inflate my fragile ego
with so much
hot air
Caitlin Smith August 14th 2006