candy store

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COLD WAR
THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
ORDERED A STUDY
HOW THE HUMAN POPULATION
WOULD REACT TO A NUCLEAR WAR

THE HUMAN POPULATION THAT IS
THAT SURVIVED

THEY TOOK AS ONE OF THEIR SOURCE MATERIALS
THE IMPACT IN THE 13 HUNDREDS
OF THE BUBONIC PLAGUE
THE BLACK DEATH

THEY FOUND THAT IT WEAKENED THE CHURCH
GAVE RISE TO FANATICISM
LIBERATED THE PEASANT
ADVANCED MEDICAL SCIENCE

KILLED APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE POPULATION
MORE OR LESS
DEPENDING ON THE REGION

WHILE MANY ABOVE THE SALT
BEHAVED BADLY
OFTEN ABANDONING THEIR POST
THOSE BELOW
PERFORMED BETTER

NOT EVERYONE
NOT EVERY TIME
BUT ENOUGH TO CALL IT A MANNER

BUT ONE TRAIT
WHICH OCCURRED
WHICH IS MEANINGFUL FOR OUR DAY
THE HAVES WOULD NOT SHARE

WE
IN THIS COUNTRY
ARE LIVING THROUGH A DISASTER

AND THE POOR
HAVE THAT EMPTY FEELING
A CHILD HAS
WHEN LOOKING AT A CANDY STORE
AND CAN’T AFFORD TO BUY


FRANK A VOLLMER