Fifty Shades of Cruise Missiles: The Night of 6 April 2017
The news appears on the glowing telescreen: “50+ Missiles Aimed at Syria” The typeface set in a lurid shade of red With a flashing cartoon police-car light
And because I was walking in the fields at dusk I am still armed for a war against age With a walking stick propped inside the door Proof against nothing but instability
Useless against missiles or poison gas I had better go to bed with a good book