For RakkaRay, JustMeAndy, Buddly47, Basilwire, and Flatpick46...I am honored to know you and count you among my friends.

fantastic fireworks
watching and wondering
while free children
take liberty for granted

an explosive spectrum
of celebration
that sounds more like
gunfire than revelry

I would gladly
stand up
next to you, I think,
holding my neighbors hand

singing, swaying,
hands over hearts
I smell the smoke of
red glare and rockets

my eyes see what
my soul already knows:
these united states--the
greatest country of all time

Have a wonderful holiday, Xangans!

chocolate chip confection
brown sugar besetment
discipline's defection
excessive experiment

this cookie craze
delicious decadence
luscious liaise
sugary self defense

multiple moments
of wiggly weakness
this perfect present
notorious nonetheless

Thanks to Eric for explaining the word "feenin'" to me.
 

raw scribbling
assorted and alike
this story stands still
rough draft weekend

eacheveryanything
solid, dreamlike
torrid and chill
chances transcend

a beginning
that feels like
it will
never end