Fireworks   A milestone birthday, so let’s celebrate! Huzzah to lessons learned, lessons not yet learned, lessons never to be learned! The gates   of heaven are wide open and our debts are all forgiven! There’s gas in the car and a road stretching on ahead! We get   to live here! We’re so lucky and the stars are in alignment — no reason to wait! Let’s light the sky with fireworks: Here We Are!                                              — for Marti on the                                                Fourth of July, 2026     © Michael Fleming Dummerston, Vermont June 2026