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July 4th Fireworks

Posted by Lexington Green on July 4th, 2006 (All posts by Lexington Green)

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It was a long day. A drive out to a friend’s house. Food cooked on the grill. Cake — white frosting, red raspberries, blue blueberries. Our kids, their kids, running around. Beer, wine, margueritas, conviviality. Mutual friends in from out of town. Sundown. A bonfire. Fireworks, smuggled in from the wild and lawless frontier of Wisconsin.

Driving home: Along the highway, off on either side — grand finales.

Home. Almost midnight. Everyone else — wife, baby, kids — asleep.

In the distance, and just outside, in the alley, down the block, continuous:

Firecrackers, bottle rockets, bigger stuff.

Crackling, booming, screeching.

I hope your 4th was as good as mine.

God bless America.

 

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2 Responses to “July 4th Fireworks”

  1. Mike Cunningham Says:
    July 6th, 2006 at 8:17 am

    Lex,

    Glad you had a great time!

  2. MD Says:
    July 6th, 2006 at 8:22 am

    Evocative and very well written. I like blogs for just this kind of thing.

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