Friday, October 10, 2014

Writober Daily Drabble 6: Abandoned Balloon



Some snotty kid was all excited to have me and hold me by my string for all of thirty seconds. Then I was let go to drift. I don’t think the kid even noticed being so weighed down by stuffed animals and funnel cake and hot dog and soda.
It was fun, for a while, just floating below the stratosphere. But then my air began to escape. I tried to tighten my knot and hold myself taut, but nothing helped. I was losing altitude.
I was deflating when she came along with that dog. The pup bit me and…
POP!

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