Air
Air
The yawn in the morning filling your mouth
with no one to start you yawning
air in my hair
air in the air
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The swing in the playground swinging
with no one on the swing to swing it
air in my hair
air in the air
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The balloon with its skin blown up tight
with no one blowing to tighten the skin
air in my hair
air in the air
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The open window where the cool blows in
with no one to blow the cool
Copyright: from Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things (Puffin, 2010), copyright © Michael Rosen 2010, used by permission of the author