ENOLA GAY? Some thoughts about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima 

	Was there anything gay
	about the way
	"Little Big Boy" descended
	from your cargo bay
	and a quarter of a million people
	were burned or maimed?

	Manhattan madness
	Oppenheimer opportunity

	Death Valley in the Orient
	Atomic Enema Up the Ass

	Uncle Sam brought "peace" with a bang
	to an enemy about to collapse

	Harbinger with silver wings
	In a fraction of a second

	You redefined
	the word "atrocity" 


Terri:  (pouring Ted some whiskey) So do you feel the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was a war crime?

Ted:    It fits that definition. (Looking wistfully at the ice cubes in his glass) 
        However, perhaps war itself is a crime. . . and in some sense, all of us are guilty.

Kris:  (laughing cynically) Ha! Say that to people like Hirohito or Hitler. War is ugly, 
        but also a reality. Personally, I’m glad the atomic bomb brought about an early 
        end to the Japanese Empire. What the Japanese did to Korea and China was terrible!

Tim:    (nodding, then enjoying a sip of dark whiskey) The victims of most wars are ordinary, 
        innocent people. The people who benefit most from war – wealthy military 
        industrialists – usually go unpunished.


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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A conversation and poem about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the notion of war crimes
KEYWORDS: atomic weapons, August 6, 1945, Hiroshima, military industrialists, war criminals

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1995 in Shizuoka, Japan / Finished: 2015 in Tokyo, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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