Fireworks

The fireworks stood in the air, burning like a migraine, more bursting every moment. Soon it would be so bright it would look like daytime. The sound was constant too, every bang turning to a drone. We screamed out at the night to stop letting them off, to give the sparks a chance to fall to earth, but nobody could hear. Behind a cloud, the moon began to burst.

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Jamie Larson
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