happy 4th of july!

sparkler.sony cybershot

4th of july

i remember a sidewalk sale, and a friend having a cook out.

to me that is what the 4th of july was all about.

we would go to the amusement park to have a little fun. we told jokes and played games until the setting of the sun.

when the sun went down the rockets would fly.

everyone was a different color, the bursts would catch your eye. firework wars with the neighboring town, roman candle and saturn missiles are how we got down.

bombs bursting in the air would light up the night’s sky.

this is how i would celebrate the 4th of july.

-derrick barbee, a friend...