Abominable Spring



After the long, nuclear winter blizzard,
came the abominable spring 
Permafrost thaw of a frozen solstice ...
irradiated human cattle 
grazing on the solyent green

Radiation contamination was a growing hazard;
mutating, red-blooded bluebirds fed 
on decayed, crocus flesh flowering
The chirps and the moos 
had a field of dead dreams reminisce — 
Gullet beak and the cud chew
won a protein glut battle

Of the spreading, abundant solyent green,
there was no mushrooming scarcity
Summer and autumn cannibal feast,
bountiful harvest of an abominable spring
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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September 26, 2018 at 12:09 PM
Hopefully we won't see nuclear winters in our lifetime Freddie. We've come close though. Tom.
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