Balloons

This gives me blood clot vibes that’s my healthcare background speaking that was eeery and the class not noticing what was going on inside is a feeling I think a lot of us have faced I know I have, great piece

thanks, olly!

At first I thought it was a stroke, then I remembered it’s a poet at work. :)

haaaaa! I reckon that could be said about all my poems.

^._.^

'Just as the woman

with the schnauzer passes by.'

I love how you evoke the ordinary during this moment. Was it inappropriate to want to laugh?!

Thanks, Richard. It's meant to be absurdly humorous.

Stunning!

thanks so much, small!

Trying to gracefully manage a physical uncertainty in front of others is not a fun place to be. Your poem is fun, however. I like the contrast.

thanks, rivers!

I got balloons like you wouldn’t believe

;)

I like how you’ve made pain and anxiety balloon-like and invasive. The classroom pressure is absurdly well done, and I love how it dissolves into everyone else’s balloons. <3

Thanks, petra! Hope your balloons are fine.

Yes, they are being well tended to. ;)

I like the structure and pacing of this one, Ray. And the narrator’s experience of the balloon is so well done. I think we all do have our own balloons under wraps.

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Balloons