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# Shame
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/shame/
- Published: 2022-07-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: a lone balloon near water's edge a floating remnant of a pledge to "never, ever leave your side" now looking for a place to hide red faced, and sinking in its shame it bears the blame
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

a lone balloon near water's edge  
a floating remnant of a pledge  
to "never, ever leave your side"  
now looking for a place to hide  
red faced, and sinking in its shame  
it bears the blame

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