Missiles at Dawn Living close to a weapons testing area not far from Camp Lejeune can be interesting. Sometimes the air pops and eventually I know it’s not a rowdy neighbor by how the corn settles into a practiced rhythm. Sometimes it’s quite loud. The house shakes, and I wonder if this might be it. I think they’re testing land mines. This morning, I learned the fft-whoosh of missiles at dawn is nothing like the movies. Now I will recognize it [...] more