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  The Poetry Society of Virginia: Robert Young







     

           this ain’t your daddy’s war

in august, i dropped the fat man on nagasaki
              because the cloud cover
              was too thick on kokura
           where it was supposed to go
         and i had to do something with it
     and the president says it will save lives

     then i turned my daddy over in his grave
          and asked him if that one was his
               and he says my grampa
            said the same thing to him
               back in the old country
         when war used to be mano a mano

           my grandson is learning to talk
               i had a dream about him
        I grabbed for the toy gun in his hand
            gramps, it's mine. mine
           i told him he didn’t understand
   i kissed him on the cheek

                 there is only one man
                  and he is everyMan
                 there’s only one war
                    and it is everyWar
                there’s only one bomb
                 and it is everyBomb

                    requiescat in pace

By Robert Young







The Poetry Society of Virginia

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