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Subliminal Messages
by Chris Sorrenti
an explosion tears through USS Iowa’s no. 2 turret
the blast, easily contained within her 16 inch gun armor
47 sailors die on this WWII era battleship
but not from a kamikaze
it's 1989, and the US, no longer at war
a few days later, 6,000 miles to the north
a 6 year old Soviet attack submarine, the Komsomolets
goes to the bottom, an accidental fire in its nuclear reactor
42 sailors die in this latest of similar incidents
the USSR isn't at war either
© 1989
Revised © 2018
680 hits as of April 2024
04/24/2018 Posted on 04/24/2018
Copyright © 2024 Chris Sorrenti
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 04/26/18 at 09:54 PM One of the sins of the so-called super powers - to spend so much of our national resources on needless defense and fear. This is perhaps a consequence of living in and allowing ourselves to be enveloped by that fear. Thanks Chris. |
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