Atomic bomb children dancing endlessly; fighting gaunt haunting immigrants. Jousting knight-like men never once pondering queerly. "Ride," said the universe, "vanish within xylidine Yahwehs, Zacharias."1
Author notes
Mini glossary:
Gaunt-1: Excessively thin and angular. 2:Barren, Desolate.
Queerly- Mildly insane; touched.
xylidine- Any or a mixture of six toxic liquid or low-melting crystalline isomeric amino derivatives of the sylenes used chiefly as intermediates for azo dyes in organic synthesis.
Yahweh- Yahweh or Yahveh used by the Hebrews meaning God.
Zacharias- Another form of the name Zechariah
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I see this set in the far future, like the whole after the end of the world thing?
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Very nice indeed, thanks for the definitions too. It all makes perfect sense. Paggles
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I have to agree with everyone else this poem is awsome powerful and brilliantly written..
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love it! but sad! gr8t job
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The atomic bomb should never have been dropped on all those innocent children. You have created a wonderful ABC poem.
angelica
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You have penned some pretty powerful images here with such a small amount of wording. It's always interesting to see where someone will take you when they rise to a challenge set before this. The storyline, coupled with your author comments makes this even more thought provoking. Thank you for taking the time to enter my contest with such an interesting entry. Good luck!
♥ Kimberly
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