![]() Popping BalloonsA Chapter by Dave Brown![]() 🟡![]() Johnny and Janey went to the store Eyes popping as they went through the door Goodies and candy all over the place To the counter they set a quick pace On the right side were gums of all choice To the left a doll with a sweet voice Candies and neat things lay all askew Too many choices to ever get through But it was money which was their concern Of that commodity, they had little to burn So the item to which they were mostly attune Was an inexpensive, large red balloon They couldn’t inflate until outside the door So they hustled themselves out of the store Down at the park they found a nice seat Hoping to enjoy their latest fun treat First it was Johnny started puffing away But the way he was blowing would take all day So, Janey took over cause she was full of hot air And blew so hard it straightened her hair Slowly the great balloon started taking shape Beginning to look like an African ape Long arms, legs and a huge bod Both kids were totally awed By the end of the day it had grown so tall They needed a ladder to get to it all Though they were nearly all blown out They still had to inflat, the great sagging snout Halfway up the ladder they had a surprise The great structure has started to rise They each wrapped their arms round a foot But all their efforts went completely kaput The great ape lifted up off the ground With the two friends still wrapped around It slowly lifted above all the trees And then whisked away on the spring breeze Out of the park and down the main street With the two kids ridin on its two feet Out of the city onto a rural route Two kids on an ape with a huge saggy snoot Above the mountains and across many seas The ape cleared them all with great ease A passenger airliner flew past this sight A weird thing to see while on a holiday flight They looked for a way to make this all end With this happenstance, they couldn’t fend They were getting hungry and wanted to stop The only solution was to make the thing pop Hoping to return, to a normal life Johnny pulled out his little jack knife But what they needed was some kind of harpoon Cause the wee blade couldn’t pop the balloon The wind then changed direction and back they blew Hooked on a tall tree and their ride was all through Now people come from miles round to see A red Ape balloon stuck at the top of a tree © 2021 Dave BrownReviews
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