Courting

You always think there will never be a time that you stand in front of a judge on a possession of explosives charges.

I felt that the day that I faced a court on a charge such as this would be a sad day and that I had lost some sort of proverbial plot. However, having been in said court room facing said charges I can not admit to feeling bad about this. I felt embarrassed at asking an authority figure for a lighter soon after being identified as carrying fireworks. I feel regret that I had to fly interstate to face the music and wear additional cost in the form of a fine. But I like fireworks still. Next chance I get I will enjoy fireworks again. I may not be so brazen in my attempted execution of fireworks but I will not shy away from them. Make of that what you will. Unintelligent assertions of a firework addict high on the tide of lights and the smell of magnesium or realistic expectations of someone who has resolved to enjoy things while he can when he can in a world where these simple pleasures provide the most valuable fuel to the fire of life.

However, I do not want to be in a court room ever again………..