Hot air balloons of mutual expectations
puffed up with speeches and self-importance,
hover like parade floats of borrowed virtue.
One jab of reality
sharp as a safety pin
and the grand spectacle collapses,
leaving the stench of heartbreak
and a crumpled, wasted life
Image credit – Lillian
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”hot air balloons of mutual expectations” is such a creative description.
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Thank you, Melissa!
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NICE response to the image! I can see these two figures as hot air balloons and the pin going right for the swollen heads! And POOF, they’re gone!
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Well, that is how I saw it 🤗😀
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excellent poem Reena! great descriptive words in it! ❤
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Much appreciated!
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