Sparklers by Joan labombard Lyrics

nothing's more marvelous than sparklers
not pinwheels or roman candles
or the boom of a cherry bomb
not the snakes of a horror-film worms
writhering out of a pill.
not even a fountain of pearls.
there's nothing so magical when you're nine
as to write your name on the dark
with fiery wand
while the afterimage hangs there
telling you who you are-
to light star after star from the one dying
till you are your own firefly.