Since we are in the middle of 4th of July, 6 was took a few moments away from Gun Smoke, Banna, and all of 6’s all time favorite shows, and sat back thinking about the good old days! As you all know by now, the uniformed think 6 lives in a fantasy world, all by 6’s lonesome. But out of that void, come some sparks of brilliance, given words reflecting the realities of life. Meditate on this: Proceedings remain consistent, the eyes that interpretate the proceedings are in fact the veracity of that change.
Follow this: 4th of July celebrations! 6 is not going to fucus on the importance of the day, but on the proceedings. Way back in the dark ages when 6’s was a little one. the We started by going to the BLVD for the annual parade. (it’s no wonder why today 6 doesn’t like parades). Miles of fire trucks, police cars, and hard candy being tossed by the township Gov’t officials into the vast crowds of adoring peasants. At that time in 6’s life, many events make lasting impression on 6’s aura. Upon the conclusion of the parade, 6 and his friend(s) (Gene) had to rush home and duplicate what we just witnessed. Since it was July 4th, it was 950 degrees and after that long walk from the BLVD, we all had to wash our bikes to make them shine like a new penny! It also helped to cool us off and keep us hydrated. Let me explain, for the young folks, we did not know anything about the importance of hydration, all we had to drink was water, and when one got hot and thirsty one just turned the garden hose on one’s head and cooled off while getting a cool drink of water. Even better we did not know that drinking out of a garden hose was not healthy, lead and plastic was fully acceptable back in the day. Once our bikes were clean, we had our own parade, and threw rocks, at the mail boxes just like the local politicians were throwing candy! Later that day we ate our fried chicken and potato salad outside on the picnic table while anxiously awaiting the sun to start to fall in the western sky, so we could go to the big city to watch the fireworks! Before we knew it, the time finally arrived to pile in the family truckster, and head to 0/0A friends sisters house to sit on the front porch high on up on a hill to watch the July 4th fireworks, after the crowds disbursed, we went to the local Dairy Queen for our annual summer treat!
Fast forward a few years, 6’s view may have somewhat matured, but the events and process did not change. This year 6 did not make the trip to the BLVD, mainly because he had to be ready to play in the all-star baseball game at the new township park. Wellll 8, honestly the possibility of missing the parade did not break 6’s heart, but the stream of hard candy being chucked into the crowd is a different story! At a point when the final batter was out, we all headed to the new swimming pool, no more drinking out of the garden hose, 6 could now drink as much of the chlorine filled pool water as he possibly could, no more lead or micro-plastics. Soon it was getting close to dinner time, so time to walk home to the feast of fried chicken and potato salad outside on the picnic table. After dinner it was time to head back to the park to meet with friends and watch the fireworks. We had it scheduled to meet at the sewer pipe clean out down in the woods. At the prescribed time, we all walked the final 100 yards to the park! Upon entering the park, it was full of parked cars and people as far as one could see! There were vendors, selling everything from cotton candy, to popcorn, regrettably for the vendors 6 was broke! Up on stage at the pavilion, there was a live band (they were called groups back in the day), not sure who they were but they were playing various selection from the Beach Boys, to Nirvana, to 6’s disappointment no Jefferson Airplane, but on the bright side we did see the white rabbit running down the sewer pipe. 6’s basically has no recollection of the” Bubble Gum” songs being played, but 6 can remember one of them “Rapper” No comments from the peanut gallery, for all-you-all over the age of 30 know it! Nevermind on Nirvana, but speaking of them, does anyone have any idea why some many people have started to wear Nirvana Tee shirts?
Fast forward a few decades, (the years from Jefferson Airplane to Jefferson Starship are a bit hazy). 6 was so excited to see the fireworks on this particular year, that 6 loaded up to old trickster (now an SUV) and drove several hours, to just make it in time for the fried chicken and potato salad, on the picnic table on the veranda. Now that 6 has watched a few decades pass, still wanted to walk to the park, but 6’s new found wisdom made the decision to drive to the park, for haul’in the coolers and two little ones, might pose it own issues. 6 followed in line like a respectful citizen, and joined the hundreds of other parked cars in the park. As one may expect 6 laxly followed the directives given, and maneuvered his vehicle, to the perfect spot for a hasty exit upon the completion of the fireworks. This comes with decades of driving experience. 6’s and company establish a ‘Nice” spot on the very steep hill and nestled in on the blanket surrounded by a cast of thousands! Very similar to 6’s job every morning on the beach, who would guess that expertise like that would prove to provide dividends at a fireworks show. Off to the left, 6’s could see the entrance to the woods where not more than 100 yards, one would find the renowned sewer clean-out, one has to wonder if the teens of the day saw the same White Rabbit? The unfortunate reality, is no kids would bother walking to the park, the only white rabbit they would see would be on their smart phones. Too 6’s right side, was the legendary baseball field, now filled with lawn chairs full of anxious onlookers, and straight ahead one could see the pool, and the pavilion where the only place on God’s green earth the band was playing “The Rapper”! The vendors were all still there, but, as one might expect, 6 still had no money, sure was a good thing that 8 decided to pack the Yeti Beach cooler, or 62,63, 621, 622 and 8 would have been very hungry and thirsty, after all the pool was now closed because of the fireworks.
As one can clearly see, the proceeding as exactly the same, thru time the veracity, was somewhat altered. Like.. in the first sonnet it did end up with fireworks, but behind the scenes were several gentlemen, all smoking cigarettes, and when it came time to fire the fireworks, on que, they would each light the fuse, with their cigarettes. In the last sonnet, there was only one gentleman, and he had an iPad, and on que, would press an icon, which started the whole process saving several cigarettes, but the fireworks all still fired.
Proceedings remain consistent in all three sonnets, the eyes that interpretate the proceedings did in fact change driving the veracity of that change.
Words of Wisdom: Don’t become a victim of the patterns of our world, follow the path to the truth.
