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Five Cent Balloons

Carl Sandburg

PIETRO has twenty red and blue balloons on a string.
They flutter and dance pulling Pietro's arm.
A nickel apiece is what they sell for.

Wishing children tag Pietro's heels.

He sells out and goes the streets alone.

(C) Carl Sandburg
04/07/2015


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