BRADLEY CANNON

17. Lights

You wonder which firework show was more spectacular. You experienced one yesterday in Collegedale, TN, from so close that the rockets exploded directly over your head and a flapping American flag as chunks of cardboard debris and confetti rained down through the smoke. Tonight, you watch small colorful lights blink nearly a mile away from you above a Ferris wheel and a pier on the shoreline of Daytona Beach, FL; a full 10 seconds passes before the sound of each faint boom reaches your ears.

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