Poetry

by Pete Holly

The world is unforgiving;
Restless-Full of Farewells,
Introductions Die with Age-
Darkness-a patient friend,
Comes to Visit in the End-

The Light trys to Break Through !
-But is Repelled-
The hope of a flickering candle,
Put out-the Conversations end-
The road begins to bend and a Gospel song is all that's-
-Left to Sing !-
Slashing the Brain in in two-Divided by the Evil we Do-
Deadly Danger-and Painful,Remorsefull Agony-
-Become souful companions-
and so it seems-everything we thought we knew-
is about nothing-
One Pain we can feel and comprehend-
but a crowd of desperate souls-
as may be-in places we can't see
our brains can't fathom-
We want to save one life-
but know not how to save many-
and not feel we've taken' on to much-
Can we call a expert on such numerous operations-
or are doctors to busy also-The Waiting Room is full-
The Ambulance ran out of gas-so were pushing the gerny-
down the city streets-with a traffic cop anoucing all to
"Get out of the Way"-"Let us Pass"
"Thank you mam'"-"thank you sir'"
we finally make it to the ER and the poor soul is saved-
With one we are heroic-in a crowd we panic-
We need Jimmy Carter to Walk right into the melting
down nuclear reactor with no protective gear on-
It must be safe-i mean he's thePresident-
But nobody knew he's studied Nuclear science-
He knew right where to go to look for the problem-
-the fuel rods in a bath of deep deep water-
Jimmy see's the water level is way to low,
he checks the refill pipe-it's not working !
"The re-fill pipe's not working" he shouts up
the stairs to the reactors technitions in the main
control Room-"check out all the valves and connections"
"Yes,Mr. President-were right on it"

"What do you see"-Worker "One of the valves is shut off"
"Open it up"-worker -"Yes,Mr. President"
"O.k.,we should be allright now -the water levels rising and
the fuel rod's are begining to cool down"
Reporter-"What's happening"-Worker-"the president fixed the
reactor"-Reporter-"Did you hear that Morely"-"Carter fixed
the Goddamned Reactor" Morely-"Your Kidding"-No,i'm not"
"How long was he down there-about one minute""How the hell
could he fix a nuclear reactor in one fucking minute".
Morely "The President's walking out of the reactor"
Ask him how everything is."Everythings fine-we found the problem
and the reactors cooling down" The crowd cheers loudly.
Jimmy walks away smiling with Roseland by his side.
"Jesus Christ" Safer keeps saying-"how the hell could he fix
a god damned nuclear reactor in 1 minute"-"Actually,it was only
30 seconds Moreley"-Yeah-O.K.-I got it-Safer can't stop shaking
his head in disbelief.

We need more Jimmy Carters,
-Because the World is Unforgiving-