Happy Fourth of July

     Celebrate

 A high pitched whistle,

and then a boom
a synchronized chorus
“oooh”, “ahhh”,
wonder, childlike glee
Oh, say can you see
the living kalediscopic colors
ever changing, sparkling
shapes of whimsy
stripes and stars
every mouth ajar
hearts  proud.

On the shore dimly seen

thro' the mists of the deep,
as pyrotechnics sweep
across the evening sky
I recall with each boom
those who gave
those who give
and the Pow'r
that hath made,
preserv'd us a nation
pray may it ever be
the land of the free

 

*Italicized lines are from “The Star Spangled Banner”