Rick’s END OF THE WORLD poems

Back in High School we were very worried about Nuclear War. I even recall missing school, taking the bus downtown to an anti-Nuke Rally.

(We ended up at Jaffee’s comic book store and the pool hall.)

Here are a couple of my first poems:

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The many people I have known
Were scattered in that blast and blown
Up to the sky and on beyond,
Up to the God that looked and yawned
And turned away, not the other cheek,
But turned away the mild and meek,
The good, the bad, the young and old;
He turned away the strong and bold,
The rich, the poor, the black the white,
All were equal in His vast sight.
They stood together in a crowd.
He shock His fist and spoke aloud.
“I want no part of you damn men,
I’ll simply go and start again.”
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quite remarkable
indeed they are
and finished in less than a week
they say
it really is amazing what modern Science can do
these days
i know what you mean
imitations so identical like that
they are good
very good
perfect in fact
at least right now
but they say that they are created in Our own image
exactly
no
maybe someday
when they are filled perhaps
but not now
i wish i could start over too

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