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All Our Problems Solved
by Angela Yuriko Smith
It was breathtaking
for 30 golden seconds.
Incineration—
.
a generation
worshipping the sun, falling
into soot and ash
.
smudging the white sand
with loss of life. Souls rising—
charcoal wisps of smoke
.
evaporating
along with all the problems—
a grim solution.
.
World hunger ended
in a flash. No more fighting:
World peace in pieces.
.
Divided no more
our flesh burned in unison…
all our problems solved.
.
Fiction © Copyright Angela Yuriko Smith
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com.
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Angela Yuriko Smith is an American poet, author and co-publisher of Space and Time magazine, a publication that has been printing speculative fiction, art and poetry since 1966. Together we build a poem as a community each month. Visit “Exquisite Corpse” at SpaceandTime.net to submit.
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Superb.
A most poignant poem, Angela! As you clearly have put it, there would be no more discrimination, bigotry, persecution, and war — all being equal at last.
Such a beautiful poem – and a chilling but effective solution to a whole heap of troubles (not sure if you’ve ever heard the vintage radio drama ‘ the death of grass’ – where, so save the population from starving, the authorities planned to corral people in cities and nuke them – it makes twisted sense!)