Eight balloons no one was buyin' <br />All broke loose one afternoon. <br />Eight balloons with strings a-flyin', <br />Free to do what they wanted to. <br />One flew up to touch the sun - POP! <br />One thought highways might be fun - POP! <br />One took a nap in a cactus pile - POP! <br />One stayed to play with a careless child - POP! <br />One tried to taste some bacon fryin' - POP! <br />One fell in love with a porcupine - POP! <br />One looked close in a crocodile's mouth - POP! <br />One sat around 'til his air ran out - WHOOSH! <br />Eight balloons no one was buyin' - <br />They broke loose and away they flew, <br />Free to float and free to fly <br />And free to pop where they wanted to.<br /><br />Sheldon Allan Silverstein<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/eight-balloons/
