Count-Down Poem by Gert Strydom

Count-Down



Underground sits a man with his finger
on a red flashing button,
Lucifer smiles bitter while calamity comes from his gaze,
a clock against the wall beats like a heart that is near to death

hatches glide open and nuclear missiles stand ready
while time does measure off man's existence.

© Gert Strydom

Gert Strydom
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: life and death
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