Nuclear Spectre Rising

nuclear spectre rising
on blast back
of explosive radiation

levels sends tremors aftershocks
into global share markets reactor

three reactor one reactor two
buildings blown after failures

to provide back up power generators
to pump water coolant onto nuclear
fuel rods exposed equals melt down

hot vented in hydrogen explosions
steaming radioactive yes tell me twenty
kilometers is a safety zone after aircraft

carrier Ronald Reagon
100 miles away caught
off coast down wind

promptly sets sails to a new
get real safety zone after17 crew
involved in helicopter rescue

work test positive flying
radioactive requiring
full decontainination

three step procedure
separated by sex
removal of clothing

washing reclothing
on 14 March 2011
carrier Ronald Reagon

was forced to relocate
to avoid a radioactive
plume originating at

Fukushima nuclear accident
site which irradiated seventeen
helicopter crew crewmembers

poem by Terence George Craddock
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