Blue Grass Fireflies
Personal memory by Zachary Godbey
2005 • Independence, KY, USA
I remember when I was a kid growing up in Kentucky, at night I would see fireflies flickering over the bluegrass fields. Nowadays, there aren't many fireflies left. The picture book feeling of seeing these flickering lights in the sky will soon disappear.
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