70's Retro Nite


from the ABC set Childrens Poems

And they danced and grooved
To the sound of something smooth
While the finger on the button
Twitched in nervous ruse:
Who'd blink first
East or West
Nuclear Detonation
Or another test

And they danced and grooved
In the face of burning truth
That no answers would be given
To a disaffected youth
Of East and West
Ideologically asunder
But joined in death

And they danced and grooved
On the brink of all to lose
While the men in darkened bunkers
With opposing views
Of who'd survive
East or West
Mutual annihilation
Took another guess.

04
edited 13.02.09

Discuss this piece in the abctales forum