Enola Gay
...Enola Gay
There on the ‘North Field’ tarmac of Tinian Island, Marianas;
Taxis the sleek designed ‘Boeing B-29 Superfortress’ to ready for take-off. 1
Glistening, polished aluminum ...
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Categories:
kilotons, education, history, usa, war,
Form: Verse
Scales of Injustice
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Unpaid wages over time did 400 kilotons accrue,
as lit fuse broken promises counter-clockwise grew
Lively resentment crouches mule heavy
on bent backs of the burdened weary
Next genera...
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Categories:
kilotons, allusion, slavery, truth, visionary,
Form: Rondeau
Voices
...Voices
angry voices saying words that could doom the people,
playing with the hint of an apocalypse like name calling at school.
I will shoot down your planes if you say that abo...
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Categories:
kilotons, anger, peace, political,
Form: Free verse