There was light and atomic 

fission Swelling wind Rising ash Tide of Black Rain Cement seared 

shadow traces Reminiscent of their last commands Instantly one 

thousand flames arising Ill scent the burning hides surrounding A 

settlement debased entirely Enola Gay had made a casual delivery 

Please build a future, darling With our bomb Cherish and love it For 

the sake of Earth bound kingdom come The undersides of fallen metal 

trusses Evil debris of human bodies Each window's glass shards pelted 

Secure confines Brittel collapse Neighbors lay beside Each other 

unknowing Faces scorched of all familiar bearing, Too few hands Many 

wounds for closing Marred by Thirsting Anguish Fear lamenting Here we 

stand At the door to gold atomic age Don't spoil your face with worry 

Trust in Earth bound kingdom come.


Over your shoulder, please don't mind me if my eyes have 

fallen onto your magazine for I've been watching and wondering why 

your face is changing with every line you read. All those lines 

and circles, to me, a mystery. Eve pull down the apple and give 

taste to me. If she would be wonderful, but my pride is in the 

way. I cannot read to save my life, I'm so ashamed to say. 

I live in silence, afraid to speak of my life of 

darkness because I cannot read. For all those lines and circles, 

to me, a mystery. Eve pull down the apple and give taste to me. 

If she could it would be wonderful. Then I wouldn't need someone 

else's eyes to see what's in front of me. No one guiding me. 

It makes me humble to be so green at what every kid can 

do when he learns A to Z, but all those lines and circles just 

frighten me and I fear that I'll be trampled if you don't reach 

for me. Before I run I'll have to take a fall. And then pick 

myself up, so slowly I'll devour every one of those books in the 

Tower of Knowledge.