when I get big enough,
I'd like to be a ballonman.

for hours each morning, the balloonman sits

 blowing air from himself into the balloons

 then, as if in some sacred ritual,
 he gives all the balloons away to his friends.

                              I think I should
                              rather keep the balloons,
                                       (well,
                                       after
                                       having
                                       blown
ballons   so
                                       much
                                       of
                                       myself
                                       into
                                       them.)

 
 
                              but the balloonman
                              gives all his away---
                              and the happiness on
                              his face is enough
                              to make me think
                              that when I get big,

                                       maybe I will, too

-- Anonymous
 
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