4th of July - FF #4

The Prediction – Finally Free #4 – 100 words

Due Midnight Thur, 4th July – Prompts – Delirious, Open Song

4^th of July – Finally Free #4

Sheriff Wilkins sat back in his lawn chair, rubbed his bloated belly and opened a beer. He thought that might be the best barbecue he had ever grilled. His guests seemed to agree. They laid or sat in a culinary stupor waiting for the fireworks coming up.

Wilkins could not relax. Martha King's recent delirium and break from reality would not let him rest. Closing his eyes, Martha’s anguished face, her body wrapped in a strait jacket, was all he could see.

Like he did in Sunday school so many years ago, Wilky began to quietly sing “The Lord’s Prayer”.

<><><><><><><><><><><>

There is only one tune fitting for "The 4th of July" and it is Jimi Hendrix's interpretation of America's National Anthem. Still gives me chills after all these years. What I find ironic is that when Jimi played this at Woodstock in 1969, the anal retentive panty bunching conservatives of that era called him a commie and a traitor for disrespecting the anthem like he did. Today, the Right Wingin MAGA maniacs have tried to steal it and make it their own.

 My opinion then is the same as it is now. Jimi's version is the best version ever.