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Rated: ASR · Poetry · Holiday · #2350999

A short nuclear-christmas poem

25th of December




Remember, oh do remember that 25th of December...
We hugged tight despite our petty squabbles, remember?
Remember, oh do remember that 25th of December?
When countless laid down to die / became bright embers
Do! Remember that 25th of December...

Remember, oh do remember that 25th of December...
So few left of us, together; upon bruised-knees, a day to remember!
Do! Remember that 25th of December...
An angry atomic mushroom—ash and fire, paying amends!
Remember the forests of bodies—where the screaming never ends.

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