After The Mushrooms (Ywis)


AFTER THE MUSHROOMS

Going through a jungle seeing all dead wood,
walking through a serene silence; it is really good
after all the noise and screaming in the town,
after the explosions all around, I hate that sound.

The feeling of being alone is very strange;
it makes me feel as if I have a wider range.
But something seems to watch me closely all the time.
Something makes me think about a crime, it doesn’t rhyme.

Looking for a sign of a new world in the air
but all I see are mushroom clouds everywhere.
Something’s coming over me, a feeling of surprise:
somehow I’m amazed that I’m alive, I’m alive!

© S. van Heck (1983)