You've seen Balloons set - Haven't You? So stately they ascend - 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 t'were 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" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTERRACIAL by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MERELY STATEMENT by AMY LOWELL |