scene: 8th grade english class. the teacher asks us to write out the star-spangled banner. because, you know, we are good americans and know the national anthem. sure, you hear it at baseball games, and other sports events just to remind the crowd that, yes, this mindless gravitation towards people throwing spheres at each other and celebrating how far that sphere goes, is purely american. we are american, let's sing and shoot each other.
i'd say i had most of the lyrics correct. but you know, you just hear these things. so i wrote "and the rockets reckling, the bombs bursting in air..." because "reckling" meant like sizzling and spattering out. turns out it's not a word. my teacher wasn't impressed. it's red glare, she said. red glare. how boring.
may your day be reckling with happiness.
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