cherry bombs

you buy your
fourth of july
fireworks early.
you don't want
to miss out
this year on
the roman candles
and rockets.
the fire crackers
and cherry bombs.
you stand in line
at the wooden
makeshift
store with
a  host of others
with missing
fingers
and eye patches.
everyone seems
excited and happy
about the oncoming
celebration
of our nation's birth,
but it could be
the jack daniels
they drank for
breakfast.