Poem by Joseph Cates

Posted on April 26, 2019 by

nuclear tourism postcard

bombshell in bikini: nothing could’ve prepared us
for the magnetic pull of our own destruction

© 2019 Joseph W Cates

Joseph W. Cates teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University and resides in Richmond, Virginia. 

30 for 30 is sponsored by Potomac Review

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2 Responses to Poem by Joseph Cates

  2. MaryJo says:
    April 26, 2019 at 9:35 PM

    Very clever and using some historical data. Liked how you turned it on its head but got the message of our destructiveness across.

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