Marital fireworks—
 
if words could kill, the neighbors
 
would be dead by now.

Ashes

 
 
 

Kindled by fireworks
 
the scarecrow’s battered straw hat
 
crumbles to ashes.

Fireworks

 
 
 

Independence Day—
 
a small boy’s trove of fireworks
 
dwindles bang by bang.

Boom

 
 
 

BOOM! go the fireworks—
 
my neighbor’s calico cat
 
darts under the porch.

Frazzled

 
 
 

alley cats
 
frazzled by fireworks
 
New Year’s Eve

Fireworks

 
 
 

Fireworks blossoming
 
above a leafless peach tree
 
welcome the new year.