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Hiroshima

At the Atom Bomb Museum

Out of what minds came this cruel art
That something so small, only coffin size,
Could have taken Hiroshima apart
Reducing all its people and their wise,
Foolish and ordinary sentiments
To exhibits of charred cloth, melted brass,
Dark shadows burnt onto city pavements,
Skulls grinning at the tragic farce.

 
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