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Monika the Hot Air Balloon Pilot MAG

January 30, 2014
By bethlillyan SILVER, Canberra, Other
bethlillyan SILVER, Canberra, Other
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Her head is the sky. Inside it, that is
Beneath the hair and skin and bones is blue. It's not
Gray polluted sky, air congested. And it's not
Pale blue or sunset pink and orange. Inside her head is a vast, Persian blue.
Deep and wide and extending in all dimensions.
Watch her shut her eyes and see her eyelids tremble. You are seeing her seeing blue.
The blue in her mind is a vantage point for seeing the whole world.
She isn't stagnant. She's four a.m. coffee and revving a truck to an empty field. She's gas burning to a monstrous flame,
Colored balloon rising. Like a monster creation animated, but beautiful.
Monika is the pilot and the master of this teardrop shape that slowly lifts through the dawn sky.



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clericus said...
on Mar. 23 2014 at 8:16 pm
clericus, Byron Center, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
"..But inside something gnaws at me; some presentiment, anxiety, dreams - or sleeplessness - melancholy, indifference - desire for life, and the next instant, desire for death; some kind of sweet peace, some kind of numbness, absent-mindedness..." Frederic Chopin

wonderful! very flowing and descriptive.

on Mar. 21 2014 at 11:43 pm
DeanMoriarty SILVER, Newark, Delaware
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Letting it get to you. You know what that&rsquo;s called? Being alive. Best thing there is. Being alive right now is all that counts.&rdquo; <br /> &mdash; The Doctor

I love how you described the sky as persian blue, lovely descriptions. Its a beautiful piece 

Blynn SILVER said...
on Feb. 11 2014 at 7:59 pm
Blynn SILVER, Waco, Texas
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Great piece ^_^