Nightfall's Nest: Basement
You've seen balloons set- Haven't you?
So stately they ascent-
It is as swans- discarded you,
For duties diamond-
Their liquid feet go softly out
Upon a sea of blonde-
They spurn the air, as 'twere too mean
For creatures so renowned-
Their ribbons just beyond the eye-
They struggle- some- for breath-
And yet the crowd applaud, below-
They would not encore- death-
The gilded creature strains- and spins-
Trips frantic in a tree-
Tears open her imperial veins-
And tumbles in the sea-
The crowd- retire with an oath-
The dust in streets- go down-
And clerks in counting rooms
Observe- "'Twas only a balloon"
-emily dickinson, 700
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