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Indoor Fireworks

When I was five years old, my local fireworks display ended poorly. The crowd was too close, and a few items fell over and shot in to the crowd. Several people were badly burned, and the ambulances scared the shit out of me. When I was in grade school, I found fireworks to be a way of saying "kid, your summer is going to be over before you know it." For some reason, I don't really associate New Year's Day with the passage of time, but I still feel that way about the 4th of July.
Today's the fourth of July
Another June has gone by
And when they light up our town I just think
What a waste of gunpowder and sky
Aimee Mann
"4th of July" (2004, live at St. Ann's Warehouse)

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9:37 PM

Have another drink.    



10:29 PM

Brooke, I wrote that pre-drink.

Matter of fact, I just got back from the store. My blood alcohol count shouldn't be showing a spike for another hour or so.    



11:42 PM

the summer is always over before you know it.

i was seventeen just the other day you know.    



2:40 AM

I met Aimme Mann.    



9:27 AM

Now I feel sad.    



1:20 PM

Why don't you go write some despondent poetry, Captain Downer.

I happen to LOVE fireworks and LOVE the Fourth of July. So there!    



1:27 PM

I mean that in the nicest possible way.

If you're actually feeling down, I apologize.    



8:36 PM

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11:31 PM

Ubie - I'm not known for my despondent poetry. More the saucy limmerick.    



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