i need balloons

you see
a line of shiny cars
on the lot.
each just washed
and polished.
balloons are tethered
to them.
they bounce
brightly in the spring
air.
bouquets of balloons.
red, pink, yellow and blue.
this makes you pull over
and ask
how much.
the salesman says,
for this baby, it's
a steal.
one owner, a
school teacher
who drove it back and forth
to church and
school. no, no.
you tell him. the balloons,
how much for
the balloons?
I don't need a car.
I need balloons.