The stray balloon

Mark Pol
3 min readMar 8, 2024

A silence has descended on Amsterdam. Dinner is up and I look through the window at my little garden. From somewhere, a balloon floats into my little garden. I follow the balloon until it gets stuck in the branches of a bush. Could it have torn itself loose with the help of the wind? Rigged for a party, wedding or just any party? The balloon is silent and looks at me expressionlessly, wobbling gently back and forth.

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Mark Pol

I am an artist:painter. I paint and draw. Its a kind of figurative surrealism. www.saatchiart.com/markpol