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the little girl wrote
a note, "please,
I want a little girl
friend who will
catch frogs with
me and share my
pean't but'er an'
jelly san'wich with
me at the pond,
here is my address,

AND I hope you're
out there somewhere,
signed, girlfriend..."

she rolled it up and
stuffed it down the
neck of a lavender balloon,
blew it up, knotted it,
and tied a string to its
navel, Away...Away
it flew...

Who knew, 1700 miles
away, the balloon touched
down on the mossy bank of a
pond, wedging itself between
a Mason canning jar of tadpoles
and minnows and a little girl blond,

Away...Away it flew,
little girl blond a feisty
tomboy aimed her slingshot
with a rock...Pop...Pop!
it dropped,

Many years later they are
still together catching frogs
and tadpoles, eating pean't
but'er an' jelly san'wiches,
and blowing hot air from
champagne helium...Going Down...
Going Down...Hope floats...


Copyright 2006 Sage Sweetwater, firebrand lesbian novelist