Black Rain

they’re doing it again

in ’44 & ’45

they sent us

balloons with bombs

then we dropped

the Big One

here in Vermont

the rain is not

to be swallowed

higher levels

of radioactivity

measured near

Vermont Yankee

can now be blamed

on Pearl Harbor

America under attack

candidates will

spread the word

plutonium orbits

in the kazes

diving down

here and there

like banzai capitalism

candidates know

how a good disaster

can stimulate

yes there is money

to be made in death

the ultimate victory

unconditional surrender

demanded by a nature

too stupid to care

what it does

because no one

can stop it

Peter Buknatski

Montpelier, Vt.