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Hiroshima

by Sam Hamod

Dissident Voice

August 7, 2003

 

 

It wasn’t just

A bomb, it was

That fire

Stolen

From the sun,

The sun

Came screaming

Down to the earth

Burned every skin

Every eyeball, every

Morsel of

Human, animal, thing

Even the rocks were not spared

 

 

*                          *                            *

 

 

Many just

Vanished

 

 

*                           *                               *

 

 

Some, iieeeeeeeeeeeee

Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh

Iiiiiieeeeeeee  ooohhhhh

Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

 

 

 

*                               *                                *

 

 

Others lay there

 

 

Q u i e t

 

 

 

*                                  *                               *

 

 

the smell

I remember

The smell

 

*                                        *                                    *

 

 

there is nothing

I can tell you

 

 

*                                        *                                       *

 

 

the sun

came screaming

exploded

 

 

Sam Hamod is a resident of California, an expert on world affairs, former editor of Third World News (in D.C.), professor at Princeton, Michigan & Iowa, Director of The Islamic Center of Wash, DC, and frequent contributor to various online ezines; he may be reached at shamod@cox.net.

 

Other Articles by Sam Hamod

 

* What’s Really Going On in California?

* Bush's Obsession With Saddam

 

 

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