The Fourth

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Watermelon juice
turns toes blood red.
Seeds shoot out like
June bugs, dead.

Chicken legs, wax paper
covered deviled eggs
on tragic newsprint,
table spread.

Croquet weapons

scrap badminton birds;
wounds are mosquito bites,
scratched and bled.

Lidded jars of fireflies,
and sparklers pierce
our tired skies,
until the course of giant stars

stirs bursts of pride,
to fight the heart.
Force bias out

and melt the hate,

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like ice cream on a sultry plate.

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Willow, 2009

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Best wishes to you and yours,

for a happy and safe July 4th from

Willow Manor.

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photo: Badminton by dannysoar