Allegory of the H Bomb

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1.

So I said to him Hey mister what’re you doing with that H bomb how come you waving it around like that? You gonna drop it on that building?

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And he sez to me Go home boy, don’t bother me. I’m telling you you make me nervous. Go home or I might get nervous and drop this thing.

So I went home.

2.

So my mother was in the kitchen and I ran in and I said to her Hey ma there’s a big tall man outside he not she a character or version he’s taller than our house and he’s got this bomb in his hand, I think he’s gonna drop this H bomb
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So my mother went to the window

there see him?
What are you talking about boy there’s nothing

out there but the tree.

3.

 natural                     my father came home

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that         is silenced

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        Now wait a minute boy

there’s no such thing as an H bomb

4.

So we had supper and after supper I went to my grand-father’s room to talk to him and I said Grandpa what happens if an H bomb falls? And he said A what sonny?

And I said an H bomb grandpa you know like an atomic bomb only bigger I think. What happens if it falls? And he said It’ll never happen sonny.

And I said Why not grandpa huh why not? Don’t you believe in H bombs huh? Don’t you think there’s such a thing?

And he said I believe in god sonny and god will never let it happen now go play.

5.

So I went out to play and I got Dick and he said

I said You too same thing with me what are we going to do,

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    Hi-yo silver                                                                                                          ma started yelling for me

           the Big Tall Man         was sleeping

huh huh huh                  walloped him
smacked me

I kept thinking he might drop it in his sleep especially if he had bad dreams.