Otherness - Sameness - Saneness
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Strolling along
I avoid the sidewalk cracks
Department store windows
freshly cleaned
catch my eye
Head turns neck
a reflection is seen
Don’t like what is happening
manikins mock me
shock me
Exhaled thoughts of whatever
I release into the red balloon
Surreal time
otherness feelings
take the place of helium
I skip down the pavement
….…..….. still avoid the cracks
balloon tied to wrist bobs along
String lets out
like a kite spool
Head in the clouds
my creative place
Again others remind
one must be grounded
Take matters in hand
I pull my own string
head back in place
Balloon placed to lips
…... inhale .… exhale
For a moment
speak like the Lollipop Guild
…………..........giggles erupt
Some will tell you sameness is saneness
It is not..…..... don't care what they think
I avoid the sidewalk cracks
Department store windows
freshly cleaned
catch my eye
Head turns neck
a reflection is seen
Don’t like what is happening
manikins mock me
shock me
Exhaled thoughts of whatever
I release into the red balloon
Surreal time
otherness feelings
take the place of helium
I skip down the pavement
….…..….. still avoid the cracks
balloon tied to wrist bobs along
String lets out
like a kite spool
Head in the clouds
my creative place
Again others remind
one must be grounded
Take matters in hand
I pull my own string
head back in place
Balloon placed to lips
…... inhale .… exhale
For a moment
speak like the Lollipop Guild
…………..........giggles erupt
Some will tell you sameness is saneness
It is not..…..... don't care what they think
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