We all laugh and we cry, don't we?

FREE DRAMA

the banner says. Centered, and in big, all-caps lettering on the sign's top line. Black lettering on grayish-white plastic.

Well, actually, it's

FREE DRAMA | FREE DRAMA

as there are two signs next to each other, draped across the curving form of a hot-air-balloon-shaped inflatable, the same height and yellow as a school bus. It was just blown-up about two blocks down the road from my office, tethered against natural breezes and the traffic-induced drafts from the 5-lane road off which it sits.

Both signs' second and third lines match:

FREE DRAMA

SUNDAY – THURSDAY
(and two times)

Friday and Saturday are free of "Free Drama": a welcomed 2-day break--although not completely effective amidst all the other drama that seems to enact itself on a daily basis in South Florida. The two days off appear well timed for the church on whose property the balloon sits.

But the question remains: is the church's message a philosophical statement, or simply just an ad for a play?


Just one psychological drama after another
You are guilty, and how you ever entered into this life
God only knows, the infinite complexities of love