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Article #14706Balloons
From: Zvi Gilbert
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 01:45
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 01:45
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Balloons are heartbreaking. When first bought, they look so shiny, so colourful. They look so friendly: "Hi there Mr Balloon!" Sooner or later, they sink. They shrivel. They roll around on the floor, sad and silly and ugly. Or they pop, and scare you, and you end up with shreds. Or they escape, and fly up into the sky, WITHOUT YOU. Balloons remind me of my mortality. Balloons don't respond. Balloons are placebos given to unhappy children. Balloons betray your trust. Balloons are a cliche of forced festivity. Loneliness is a balloon. --Zvi zgilbert@titan.ucc.umass.edu "There is no need to stop with one cat or two or three etc."
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Newsgroups: talk.bizarre Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!caen!nic.umass.edu!titan.ucc.umass.edu!zgilbert From: zgilbert@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Zvi Gilbert) Subject: Balloons Message-ID: <BzJBJ5.MnA@nic.umass.edu> Summary: balloons Keywords: balloons Sender: usenet@nic.umass.edu (USENET News System) Organization: crystallized time Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 01:45:05 GMT Lines: 24