At Waterfront July 4th fireworks show I've imagined as a battlefront, east versus west. This pretense began at a show years ago when an hour before dark, I noticed a firecracker pop! was met with a matching pop! from the other side. The accelerating back and forth crackle! fizz! Whrrr! Pop! would lead to the explosive battle between east and west. And when the climatic finale of fireworks reached its crescendo and abrupt silence fell, I'd cheer with everyone that no one died in a pretense of enmity and mortal battle.