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Jun 2011
Five minutes ago
Five minutes before his death
A healthy man flipped a switch

Now, miles from sunlight
We hold six billion worlds
In our hands

And now we feel the shockwave
Through the miles of concrete and steel
We feel the sunrise of a million tiny suns

And now we decide
Whether to launch the missiles
That end the world

“Vengeance,” we ask?
“Justice,” they scream.
Written by
David Lauer
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