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Roy Basler
1906-1989

"Exodus"

 
Uranium cumulus mushrooms bursting sores
Upon empyrean lawns impressed Them there,
Beneath the wondrous tree; the poison spores
Of radiocirrus fungi spread fresh fare
For theoretic thought in triplicate.
In unison with single voice They spoke:
"Since Adam's day the sacrificial smoke
Has grown too lushy rank to tolerate;
Our primal verdict favoring industry
Took no account of this polluted air.
That notion of expanding space may be
The stretch of time to save Our triune neck;
Let's pick a spot of universe to spare,
Perhaps between the Great and Lesser Bear,
And out of here right quickly get the heck!"

© Roy Prentice Basler
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