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Phil Wexler<\/h5>\n
babies born.
\nhouses for sale.
\nbirthday parties. just
\nmarried. red balloons announce.
\nyellow balloons rejoice. light as air.
\nlighter than air. loose balloons stream
\nin the sky, rub high ceilings. green balloons
\ntethered to picnic tables, chairs, trees, posts,
\nhitched to the honking limousine. people notice
\nballoons, honk back, shout. blue balloons inspire.
\na lone balloon. a cluster. blowing them up, knotting them.
\npopping in your face, burst balloons. deflated remnants.
\nlittle black water balloons. the travel guide meeting you
\nat the gate. the gas station on opening day. lemonade
\nstands, farm stands. the bandstand, ballooned,
\nfestooned in orange in an open meadow.
\nthe hot air balloon spotting it. parades,
\nfloats. white balloons, grasping
\nthem tightly. teary eyes
\nwhen a string slips
\naway. exuberance
\nat letting
\none
\ngo<\/div>\n
                         on
\n                      purpose,
\n                    tracking
\n                    it
\n                  with
\n                    bright
\n                    eyes
\n                    as long
\n                    as
\n                    possible.<\/div>\n

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Phil Wexler babies born. houses for sale. birthday parties. just married. red balloons announce. yellow balloons rejoice. light as air. lighter than air. loose balloons stream in the sky, rub high ceilings. green balloons tethered to picnic tables, chairs, trees, posts, hitched to the honking limousine. people notice balloons, honk back, shout. blue balloons inspire. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-375","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions\/403"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}