Upon her pearly, lacy skin
Red hot sparks of blazing fire
Singe and melt away
What seems like innocence.
When the heavy smoke clears,
All that remains
Are her wretched guts
Decaying in dead blood.
All the millions of colors
From leaves of October brilliance
Fall to dampness,
A forever lingering sadness
Of once better days.
Stars, moon, and sun–
All hidden by thick smog
That makes impure
The lungs of all who breathe.
Coughing, choking, suffocating–
And finally dying
As the last eyes of humanity
Gaze in sheer fright
At a mushroom cloud.
Can’t anyone see
We’re destroying ourselves?
Too late.
We’re already laid to rest
In our hellish “Kingdom of God”
(We had expected.)
With Satan’s glaring cat eyes
Piercing our hearts.
1999
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