<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=340507" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Quiet Fourth</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I composed this poem on the morning of Independence Day 2008.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">July fourth and firecrackers aren't heard.<br>Perhaps because it’s raining as I type.<br>I thank the gods for booming sounds deferred.<br>My guess, I’m getting old. I hate the hype<br>That everyone is caught up with today.<br>In youth we did exactly all that's done<br>Perhaps a smidgen more so, by the way.<br>The noise we made, heck! It was all in fun.<br>We celebrated Independence Day.<br>I’m no longer young, oops! Slip of the tongue.<br>A senior citizen I’m called today<br>It’s political correctness among<br>The hearing impaired. I beg you don’t scoff<br>Guess what? I had my hearing aid turned off!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Albert+Ahearn">Albert Ahearn</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=340507" data-title="A Quiet Fourth de Albert Ahearn" data-description="I composed this poem on the morning of Independence Day 2008. July fourth and firecrackers aren't heard. Perhaps because it’s raining as I type. I thank the gods for booming sounds deferred. My guess, I’m getting old. I hate the hype That eve..."></div> </div> </div>

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