1982 Macabre Unexpected Guest at Regular Family Dinner Date.

(Classification exempt- All ages.) AKA Don't Worry About 'The Bomb'

When They speak
of nuclear war.
Do not lie
in night.
Awake in fear.

Just remember,
child.
That we,
(some of us),
grey dusted.
Who lived in age,
Separate from you.
Entranced,
watched the 6.30 TV news
TV newscaster(s),
every night,

The leading headline?
enthused to impart
an import
of adrenal
gravitas.

An umpire's
final quarter report, (with meat pie).
 
The current scoreboard tally, for today...
(Yay! We made it!) It's

A report,
the comparison
between which two super-power nations,
Now had the 'capacity' to literally and figuratively, completely destroy the entire mass of the planet Earth..!

(Oh, sorry!
With us in it too,
Sorry!)

A guarantee
you'll not collect on:
(Never stated
like that
by a newsreader
during this important,
regular news segment,
ever.)

A numerical score chart.
Varying,
hopelessly,
between one side
and the other,
at various times...

Nightly, maniacally,
explained,
in monotone voice,
(secretly-controlled)
by ear-directed,
meat-puppets

Who never,
once

bothered to explain

the unique,
and clearly obvious fact, to

a 5 year old child's mind;

i.e.

Once. was
already more
than enough.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I believe no-one is paying attention. Many world powers talking use of nuclear weapon. The children of today need to learn. The Mad Max world will come if the nuclear weapon is used. Nuclear cloud and dead land. Old joke from the seventies. How many time do you want to destroy our earth. USA and Russian can do 3000 times. Just need one time my friend. I liked your thoughts and strong statements. Old quote of a great poet will come true one day. "The world won't die with a scream. It will die with a whisper." Thank you my friend for sharing the powerful and worthwhile poetry.
Coyote

[Brett Hernan]

Thanks for your encouraging words and positive review, Coyote.
It only takes the wrong people at the wrong time and in the wrong place for it all to just vanish, doesn't it?

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right. The world is different. Too many mad men are in-charge. You are welcome.

[Brett Hernan]

It's all fairly obvious, really.

[B]

Very well done
i love the structure and your messgae here
oh what lies does the news feed us
delluding us
and in the background a war exists
and its sad

really well done

[Brett Hernan]

Thank you, Solosolace.
Much appreciated.
I need to tweak it a bit more, like changing the first line from
'When They speak
of war.'
To;
'When They speak
of nuclear war.'
Which was my original inspiration.
(Always leaving something out!)

[B]

I really like it
its very introspective something very difficult to deliver through wordsread moreI really like it
its very introspective something very difficult to deliver through words
much easier with paint :)

[Brett Hernan]

So much quicker with words, however less valuable they may be considered, monetarily.

[B]

agreed ........

[Brett Hernan]

However, each image that I've employed here are all examples of my own Art.
It's astounding what one can achieve with the digital medium and their image manipulations, (being someone, whom you'll note, came from the tradition of the analogue version of photocopying black and white and colour collages snipped by scissored hand.)
All of these works used here to accompany any writing and those I've used on my Soundcloud account which are much more suitable to larger formatted ink jet printed on canvas graphical exhibition, as could any other work be quite easily effectively identically reproduced in any size on canvas by inkjet printing them photographically professionally, and as far as I'm concerned, with each of them being imbued with that capacity, as far as Art goes, each is for sale under those conditions and of course subject to other negotiated agreements...

[Brett Hernan]

Now, whip out them wallets!

[B]

lol
interesting
i have to say i am an addict for photography
I dont like any of those new cameras
i like the really old polariods
can't find them here in kuwait

[Brett Hernan]

What about ebay?

[B]

Thats a good idea