First line of Against the Day?

[Dave Monroe]

balloons
"on the fourth limb from the top there is a red
balloon [golden-screwdriver dream]," 40; "a sturdy
green balloon with a great Z printed on it [Fergus'
way of indicating consciousness]" 56; "The sunburned
face bobbed like a balloon," 65; "Up goes the balloon
[slang: war, action, etc. had begun]," 67; Yusef's
love of, 67; "A balloon-girl." 67; "Soon he was
daydreaming again of balloons." 68; "So the balloon's
gone up," 232; "the balloon had gone up", 308; "slow
as a balloon," 329; "the most bouyant balloon-girl,"
331; "fire-balloon," 335; "gay balloon-lungs," 343; V.
"handed swords, balloons and colored handkerchiefs to
Ugo Medichevole, a minor magician," 388; "The jolly,
jolly balloon [...] Going up" 434; "leery like any
Maltese of the Balloon's least bobbing," 448; 474;
"Wasn't she the same balloon-girl who'd seduced him on
a leather couch," 488; See also Cher Ballon; hothouse

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--- Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> "Now haul up all the lines!"

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