FIREWORKS: Memories of a Japanese Festival

	Fireworks explode in a summer sky
	as throngs of pulsing bodies rush by

	Munching on rice balls and raw fish
	my mind bursts into a panasonic orgy

	Red from rice wine
	my throat feels dry
	as boxes of toys
	& bags of popcorn
	explode with a volley of rockets

	Along with a thousand others
	I dance joyfully through the night

	Tomorrow's headache is no concern -
	right now
	joy is pulsating
	and as my feet sway rhythmically
	my heart explodes in light


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from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A poem about a summer festival and the fireworks inside the mind.
KEYWORDS: summer festivals, pyrotechnic festivities, hanabi, Asian poetry

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1993 in Gujo-Hachiman, Japan ≜ Finished: 2021 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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