It has to be a hot day
with watermelon
grilled hot dogs
mosquito buzz
sweet ice tea
roasted corn on the cob
sliced home grown tomatoes
cold potato salad
community band
sparklers, glow worms
and fireworks
rocketing
lighting the sky
blooming in chysanthemums
sparkling like fairy dust
with loud booms
while I hold your hand
to the tune of
the 1812 Overture.
I hope you have a cool and happy Fourth of July. Gosh, I've had some fun fourths over the years. I can remember watching a community baseball game one year and going fishing another, then water skiing. I remember going to the Hollywood Bowl one year and standing on the Santa Monica pier another. One year I was sweltering at Disneyland and another in Kenan Stadium listening to Mike Cross. Went there for several years and the Festival on the Eno for several years too. One year I even watched the fireworks exploding out a window of the airplane I was on flying to England. Now I just sit in my front yard and watch the fireworks exploding in several locations around town, including A-mountain. What will you be doing and eating today? Can you write about your Fourth today? Stay cool and have fun.
