How to watch an atomic blast?
From 200 miles away, hands over closed eyes.
Even then, light is so intense
you see all the bones in your hand.
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What more effective way to depict the horror and reality of a possible nuclear war, than to go back in time to the dropping of the first two atomic bombs, before the arms race began. 'I want to grow up not blow up scribbled on the wall in crayon.' What a plea, the child claiming the birthright of life.
Terrifying poem poem Terrence, I believe it was the first poem of yours I ever read, and it still chills me to the core.