Manhattan

Blue soaring safe
The president in his plane
Red glowing bright
The phone of death
Green menacing somber
The orders are Go
Silver gleaming notched
The keys are turned
White flying quick
The balloon is up
Pink crying sad
The people prepare to die
White hot cruel
The bombs fall
Orange killing hot
The explosion expands
Clear cloying deadly
The radiation spreads
Gray uncaring soft
The survivors suffer
Black freezing cold
The sun is gone
Brown burning empty
The final product

by

William R. Thomas