I Remember Nagasaki
I was not born
Not even a thought
Not living in Nagasaki
On August 9, 1945
I was not alive
A collection of cosmic dust
I ‘ll never forget
The sun began melting
Jupiter in tears
Twitching stars
On August 1945
When the bomb came
In space since Big Bang
Some 9 billion years ago
Long before
The earth was born
I had been indifferent
As dust or rock
Totally numb
Unaffected by big fires
But this different fire
In a few seconds
Lava of death
Engulfing
Raining blood
Our silent black universe
Becoming
Read orange glow
Chilling decay of stench
Yelps and smells of sorrow
The next five years
Low-grade radiation
Slowly cars men kids decaying
Smokeless fires
Me smelling the bomb
Since August 9, 1945
From Big Bang to Nagasaki
From non-living things to men
Universe is universe
Fires come fires go
Dust becoming men
Men making wars
Wars burning Nagasaki
Men forgetting kids
Universe on fire
Very much living
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