The kids lunged the bag of crackers
Down their decorated drive
Decked in lanterns, pretty candles
And a string of blinking lights
Just outside the gate they stood and
emptied every single case
They spread the crackers out then lit them
In excited childish haste
But in their haste, what they didn’t notice
The boy that hid inside the park
Whose heavy eyes watched everything
The tears reflecting every spark.
The kids then picked up the rockets
Put them in the bottle stands
Lit the tails then jumped back quick
Careful not to burn their hands
The boy saw the rocket go up;
Explode in a dramatic way
Innumerous bits of golden light
Fire against the darkened gray.
And as the embers fell, he put out
Both of his small, calloused palms
In hopes of catching just one gold light
Thinking it could do no harm
The kids then took the…
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