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10.04.2004

my heart stopped
it sounded like something blew up.
we went to the river to eat hummus under a blanket
and watch the lights in manhattan
and complain about everyone wanting to see what was going on under our blanket
and to make out

it was a beautiful night

so we had had enough of fending off the children who wanted to join us in our 'fort'
and started walking back to the car

the sound shot a rush of adrenaline through me and made me start to giggle.
"what the FUCK was that?"

we went through the list of possible scenarios.
we were standing in the cavern of riverside brooklyn, which would take the noise that sounded like a bomb and amplify it to Carnegie Hall acoustics.

we can't see anything because now there is a huge warehouse between us and the water.
i immediately start walking back toward the water and sound. It is continuing to explode and now sounds like small explosions coming from the area around the Brooklyn Bridge.

as we clear the building we see smoke coming from the water and within seconds, the bright pumpkin orange of fireworks.

Right there
Right in front of us

we have no idea what the fireworks were for
but we stood wrapped in our blanket, in front of the fence
watching the fireworks and thinking how fortuitous our timing.

.: posted by landry 1:37 PM

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