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On Nuke Alert

Temperature rising Both continents waging rhetoric Pyongyang is ready to test Iran is also prepared to put on its glove More than ever,in these perilous circumstance We continue to wonder:WILL IT BE WASHINGTON,NEW YORK,OR FRANCE??! The arena is ready and their stage is in readiness Somewhere over Delaware,the Warning goes unheard Purple cloud over yonder Lincoln's memorial A tear in his eye before one final testimonial Children will be hiding,all beneath their desk Sirens blaring as our world is ready to become a pile of ash Bombs in the air because our leaders simply do not care Faith is a questionable commodity with tomorrow becoming a WHERE ARE WE NOW-THE X'S OR THE ZEROES?!! Mothers in the park Fathers driving to work in the early dark Saying to themselves:IT IS ALL IN OUR HEAD,LIFE WILL GO ON AS BEFORE!! If that is so then why is the Nuclear Mail man still knocking on our Front Door?! Shattering windows Orange rays of atomic meltdown Firefighters and police,lying helplessly without movement,on the ground All for naught because we had simply forgot That we were on Nuke Alert while our whining babes fought

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