Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Where Do the Balloons Go?

by Brittany Cagle



A balloon
rises, and
becomes a shrinking
emerald.


Helium breathes
In wisps of cloud.


A child
traces the sky,
his finger
to the sun.



Brittany Cagle is currently a first-year MFA student at University of South Florida focusing in poetry. She earned her BA in English at Florida Gulf Coast University with minors in both journalism and creative writing.

She is currently teaching Composition I at USF.

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