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| A boy looks at a huge photograph showing Hiroshima city after the 1945 atomic bombing. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Japan August 6, 2007. Reuters/Toru Hanai via International Business Times. |
Oh children of Japan,
the dot that inflated
to the size of a neutron star.
Oh children of Japan,
you watched your own feet
evaporate.
Oh children of Japan,
you clung to a rope
thick as an Egyptian obelisk.
Oh children of Japan,
an apology flying like
a bomber evading a blast.
Oh children of Japan,
your bodies, a pile
of blackened marbles.
Alejandro Escudé published his first full-length collection of poems, My Earthbound Eye, in September 2013. He holds a master’s degree in creative writing from UC Davis and teaches high school English. Originally from Argentina, Alejandro lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.