FREEWRITE
Like an outrageous above sea cousin of the jellyfish,
a hot air balloon in rainbow colors
drifts over a sea of grape leaves,
it contracts and expands,
the hissing and snapping of flame tongues filling the bag.
Five people dangle in and out at the gondola,
someone getting in, others getting out, pure chaos,
They're dressed in khaki and sporting telephotos.
someone getting in, others getting out, pure chaos,
They're dressed in khaki and sporting telephotos.
The farmer comes running out of his house
shaking his fist at the tourists
who paid top dollar to sail above this vineyard
shaking his fist at the tourists
who paid top dollar to sail above this vineyard
At those who are destroying his vines
Meanwhile in the next pasture
the horse and donkey have stopped their morning grazing
to watch the spectacle of stinging jellyfish
in the middle of their breakfast
The hot air balloon lands later, near my car,
in the Napa State Hospital parking lot,
the patients are thrilled beyond belief,
there is a cop is writing the balloonists a ticket
and there is a general hubbub and howling
how on earth will I be able to teach today?
not sure of the date, other than it's towards the end of July, 1987. I wrote out of sequence in my journal, while I was driving to work. Could be 7/14, or 7/21;, or 22; probably not 23.
the horse and donkey have stopped their morning grazing
to watch the spectacle of stinging jellyfish
in the middle of their breakfast
The hot air balloon lands later, near my car,
in the Napa State Hospital parking lot,
the patients are thrilled beyond belief,
there is a cop is writing the balloonists a ticket
and there is a general hubbub and howling
how on earth will I be able to teach today?
not sure of the date, other than it's towards the end of July, 1987. I wrote out of sequence in my journal, while I was driving to work. Could be 7/14, or 7/21;, or 22; probably not 23.
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