Mylar/Helium - Edit2

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Mylar/Helium


Glitter-blue, a cartoon star
birthday helium balloon
wrinkled, half-inflated
crosses six busy freeway lanes
low, kitten-played
by unsettled crosswinds.

Mylar abides forever
unbiodegradable;
helium contrives
escape from all confinements.

As between flesh and spirit
meme and material
which is Mylar and which helium?
Flesh escapes, evanesces,
recycles after giving
life its declining lift
but meme and spirit
though they drift and tatter
seeming empty or forgotten
nonetheless endure.

Edit1;

Glitter-blue, a cartoon star
birthday helium balloon
wrinkled, half-inflated
crosses six busy freeway lanes
low, cat-played
by unsettled crosswinds.

Mylar abides forever
unbiodegradable;
helium, like hydrogen
but less so, contrives
escape from all confinements.

As between flesh and spirit
meme and material
which is Mylar and which helium?
Flesh escapes, evanesces,
recycles after giving
life its declining lift
but meme and spirit
though they rest and tatter
seeming empty or forgotten
nonetheless endure.

original version;

Blue five-pointed shiny star
birthday helium balloon
wrinkled, half-inflated
crosses six busy freeway lanes
low, cat-played
by unsettled crosswinds.

Mylar nearly unbiodegradable
can last forever;
helium, like hydrogen
but less so, manages
escape from all confinements.

As between flesh and spirit
material and meme
which is Mylar and which helium?
Flesh escapes, evanesces,
recycles after giving life
its temporary and declining lift
but meme and spirit
though they rest and tatter
seeming empty or forgotten
nonetheless endure.