Nostradamus quatrains
Famous Frenchman’s foreboding forecasts
History’s course, well-charted in rhyme
Startling revelations
Called Hitler “Hister,” brothers three – Kennedys
Forewarned the fall of “New City’s” twin towers
Dire observations
Verses recently discovered reveal
Civilization’s demise, two thousand twelve
Further consternation
Stretching across cold Atlantic waters
Unknown to him, two tribes concur
Hopi, Mayan predictions
The end of time draws near; final years
Proclaimed in calendars, written in sky
Chilling Armageddon
Nuclear war; stars and planets collide
Hellish fury fuels the clash; Earth dies
Sacred retribution
When on the winter solstice, man harkens
To the call of God; Judgment Day arrives
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