The Fourth of July

By Ella Kaplan
Grade 4
Webster Magnet School

 

At the house next to the old run down farm

On the fourth of July running around the yard

The crackle of the bonfire

The air rushing by

The tire swing

The splash of kids jumping off the pontoon

The swish of the fishing rod when someone casts their line

And the clicking of reeling in their catch

The thump of feet on the dock

The smell of hotdogs on the grill

And the scream of firecrackers

When night comes.