Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #95
The Python Firework
by Belinda Roddie
The python firework lit up the sky
in a spiral of red and purple flame,
catching the cosmos, glinting off the eye
of the moon. Its technician would proclaim
success for the new, innovative way
to celebrate good old Americans'
attempts to bloat up Independence Day
each year with hot dogs and shenanigans
involving sparklers. One child was afraid
of the great burning serpent, and he shied
away from the display and quickly made
his mother take him home. A father pried
his daughter's hands away from the cold rail
before she could hear the python's last wail.
by Belinda Roddie
The python firework lit up the sky
in a spiral of red and purple flame,
catching the cosmos, glinting off the eye
of the moon. Its technician would proclaim
success for the new, innovative way
to celebrate good old Americans'
attempts to bloat up Independence Day
each year with hot dogs and shenanigans
involving sparklers. One child was afraid
of the great burning serpent, and he shied
away from the display and quickly made
his mother take him home. A father pried
his daughter's hands away from the cold rail
before she could hear the python's last wail.
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