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How 'bout: "A whole civilization will disappear tomorrow"?

Too many syllables, we have to get this right.

"A whole civilization may vanish?"

Still too many syllables. How about "die"?

"A whole civilization will die . . ."

I question the word "civilization".

Makes them sound too important.

Even we don't rank as a civilization.

That's what he wants. A big threat.

I think he's been watching Star Wars again.

Not funny. Going nuclear is on the table.

That's what this is about isn't it?

Could this be another Hiroshima?

What if this isn't a bluff? Should we be worried?

Can he do that?

It's about who gets to credibly threaten annihilation

Of another country.

Is this a first? Has anyone made a credible threat of extinction?

What I want to know is, do we take him seriously?

I do.

I don't.

I do.

I just want to go to bed. Make it "die".

And it's "tonight", not tomorrow. It's 3:00.

"A whole civilization will die tonight."

Take out "whole". Sounds better.

No one is going to believe him anyway.

I can't keep my eyes open.

Good work.

Sleep well.


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Gary Lindorff is a poet, writer, blogger and author of five nonfiction books, three collections of poetry, "Children to the Mountain", "The Last recurrent Dream" (Two Plum Press), "Conversations with Poetry (coauthored with Tom Cowan), and (more...)
 

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