[New-Poetry] "New Dawn" an abstract

[Halvard Johnson]

1 EXPLOSION: SEQUENCE AND SIMULTANEITY Greenwich Time 11:16 P.M.  
August 5 1945... Hiroshima Time 6:16 P.M. " "... 2 GOODBYE TO TINIAN  
Now that all the"unauthorized items"are cleared from the bomber/...  
Colonel Tibbets, commander/... Addresses the crew, "just don't/Screw  
it up..." 3 TAKEOFF: TINIAN ISLAND ...Position taken... 4 MYSTIC  
NAME ...some name it"The Beast," and some... "Little Boy." 5 WHEN ... 
6:30 A.M. Japanese Time, last lap to target... 6 IWO JIMA ...Advice  
bombing primary-i.e./Hiroshima... 7 SELF AND NON-SELF... /8 DAWN... 9  
THE APPROACH Speed 200 miles per hour... /On time. Color/Of the world  
changes. /...like a dream. 10 WHAT THAT IS The apocalyptic blaze...  
Bursts... Hiroshima Time:8:16 A.M., August 6, 1945. 12 MANIC  
ATMOSPHERE... /13 TRIUMPHAL BEAUTY... 14 HOME "We made it!"... The  
mutual salute. At last... 15 SLEEP Some men, no doubt, will, before  
sleep, consider/One thought: I am alone. But some, /in the mercy of  
God, or booze, do not Long stare at the dark ceiling.

--Robert Penn Warren

[Note: The above is an abstract of a poem called "New Dawn,"
first published in the New Yorker issue dated Nov. 14, 1983]

Hal

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