The Balloon Which Divorces Itself

The Balloon Which Divorces Itself

They lived together.
Did normal things together
like go to the movies,
or go out to Denny's,
where a clown would go from
table to table
making balloon animals.
It was a Roman Holiday
that this family was living.
This went on for six months,
husband and wife,
brother and sister,
all living together
although the couple was separated.
Rarely in the same room.

Then, one day, just like that,
the wife took the microwave,
and both children,
and moved out.
The husband, being at work,
had no say in the matter.
Maybe it was better that way.
But, I'm sure you're all wondering
what drove the mother to decide?
Or, what took her so long?
Well, ask yourself what you would've done.
For, I guess I forgot to mention,
the husband had a business,
and the wife was still in graduate school.
You understand the dilemma?

But, the mother had to begin again,
from square one.
And both father and mother would remarry,
and both children would grow healthy,
but what about those six months
when life was up in the air,
like a balloon which rises, and rises,
then divorces itself,
shrinks, and falls.