Hanukah fireworks in Caulfield Park
reverberated off the school building
the boy tossed and groaned and kicked his sheets
turned on his light and cursed
I left him to it
what could I have said
there is nothing you can do about it?
fireworks don't last forever?
soon enough they stopped
he settled back down
fruit bats bickered in the sheoak out front
later a helicopter flew over
the wind picked up
I rewrote this in the past tense
tomorrow was school camp
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