The Fog of What? 6th or 7th attempt at posting Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com
The Fog of What?
“Russian Attack Sets Ukraine Nuclear Plant on Fire”
-BBC, 3 March 2022
The radiation from Zaporizhzhia Might slither across our poor dying earth Like serpents bringing our sins back home to us That we might meditate upon them in death
And all our unpaid bills, our ungiven thanks The cars we meant to fill with gas today Like Bible pages rustling in the nuclear wind Will have to be completed by a different hand
But this fog of war, that’s what they call it - In truth it’s only the fog of //// The fog of war