history lesson

History Lesson


An old film clip on the TV, perhaps from
the beginning of the last century, bigwigs
in tall black hats are going up in a balloon.
A group of marines in white uniforms hold
on to a rope to keep it to the ground, but as
it began to ascend they let go except one
who holds on till the balloon is high up in
the air, then he lets go, and he falls back to
earth, like an angel who has lost its wings.
End of film clip. What happen to the one?
who fell to earth, did he break a leg, or did
he die. We will never know, history is about
men in tall hats, the little guy is a nameless
man in the street waving a flag ready to die
for the VIP’s.