Watch, Practice and Learn

Two kids, two grands and four balloons,

The older kid in charge,

Morphed into a balloon class

With the merriment writ large.

 

Instructions varied: “Use your wrists”

Or “Alternate your hands,”

As three of us all did our best,

Obeying the commands.

 

Balloons were tapped or lightly punched

And floated through the air,

The outside world inconsequential

While we four were there.

 

The “teacher” gave his course a name

And set it to a tune.

We “watched, we practiced and we learned”

This Sunday afternoon.