For today's prompt, use the following five words in your poem: slash, button, mask, strap, and balloon. Use them in any order.
Here's my attempt:
"Write/Poem"
Clear the balconies and strap your masks on:
we have a poem to write slash poem--
to carry like a balloon or to wear
like a button for all others to see.
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