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Fourth

Suburban American street at night with fireworks erupting low in the sky behind houses, a lone silhouette watching

Two driveways, a mailbox we cannot see, fireworks low and small behind a roofline. He stands in the middle of his own street like the street is the thing being shown.

There is a celebration happening. He is not entirely in it. The frame is interested in that gap.

Americana, but the version that is awake at 11:42 p.m. on a Tuesday in July.