Nuclear Nostalgia
The fear never went away, was just replaced by other lesser anxieties and fears, by addiction, and finally subsided to the back of my mind. But lately I find myself in a time-warp nuclear nostalgia. Instead of Reagan against the Russians, it's Bush Jr. against Iran. The “Terrorists”, by Evil, have replaced the “Commies”. As a teenager I trembled, danced to the edge of destruction because it seemed obvious the End was near. Now I have been thrown back into that bleak picture of the future End. But I am ready this time.
I will not surrender my soul to the monstrous parade of hate and fear.
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Verna Doherty is a poet/writer/vocalist and aspiring bassist. She is writing a book about the band Flipper, and lives in Seattle, Washington.
The fear never went away, was just replaced by other lesser anxieties and fears, by addiction, and finally subsided to the back of my mind. But lately I find myself in a time-warp nuclear nostalgia. Instead of Reagan against the Russians, it's Bush Jr. against Iran. The “Terrorists”, by Evil, have replaced the “Commies”. As a teenager I trembled, danced to the edge of destruction because it seemed obvious the End was near. Now I have been thrown back into that bleak picture of the future End. But I am ready this time.
I will not surrender my soul to the monstrous parade of hate and fear.
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Verna Doherty is a poet/writer/vocalist and aspiring bassist. She is writing a book about the band Flipper, and lives in Seattle, Washington.
