<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367713" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Nuclear Button</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Inside the base hid underground, <br>The little button stayed<br>Until the man was duty bound, <br>Commands to be obeyed...<br>Then suddenly the button pressed<br>And then all Hell broke loose, <br>While he threw up, poor chap, distressed, <br>God knows, that's not good news...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Doctor came to treat the man, <br>To calm his heart rate down, <br>He said, 'There, there...' while tests he ran<br>And eased the poor chap's frown...<br>'You did your duty! Take this pill, <br>It takes away your pain...<br>You won't be feeling quite so ill, <br>With no need to complain..'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The man returned to where he'd left<br>And felt a sense of doom<br>And suddenly he felt bereft, <br>Condemned and full of gloom...<br>The button that he pressed was there<br>With someone at its side, <br>Removing it with solemn care, <br>With tears he couldn't hide...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'It's going to the President...<br>As proof of what was done...<br>As proof it was no accident...<br>But how this war was won! '<br>The man was very slow to speak, <br>'I pressed that button, friend! '<br>'No wonder that you look so weak...<br>Your country to defend...'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He got a medal, yes, indeed...<br>It's in a drawer upstairs...<br>That's where he says his holy creed<br>And where he says his prayers...<br>That's where he tries to sleep each night, <br>In silence all alone...<br>Until he asks, 'Did I do right? '<br>And yet the answer's known...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367713" data-title="The Nuclear Button de Denis Martindale" data-description="Inside the base hid underground, The little button stayed Until the man was duty bound, Commands to be obeyed... Then suddenly the button pressed And then all Hell broke loose, While he threw up, poor chap, distressed, God knows, that's not go..."></div> </div> </div>

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