Missiles and Memorabilia

Post by **mnaz** » December 13th, 2008, 5:51 am

Slim Pickens flew over Russia,
armed with blood and aluminum skin,
and speech, and a white-hot hurricane.

Imagine telephone poles bending.
No, you're wrong to poeticize the war.
He flew with the greater good in mind.
No, he was punch drunk on escalation.
No, he believed in something, don't you?
If I built a way to melt away the land,
to liquefy your will to fight into rock,
then it was all necessary.

Post by **stilltrucking** » December 13th, 2008, 8:20 am

My name is Lawrence Ferlinghetti and I aprrove this poem.

Post by **constantine** » December 13th, 2008, 10:06 am

slim pickens packs a wallop. yahoo...

Post by **mtmynd** » December 13th, 2008, 1:55 pm

If's are like dreams and dreams are like if's... intangible but for thought.

nice piece, mnaz... as usual.

Post by **mnaz** » December 14th, 2008, 3:49 am

wallop!

Post by **Dave The Dov** » December 14th, 2008, 8:56 am

He rode it all the way!!!!

Post by **Arcadia** » December 14th, 2008, 12:20 pm

Slim Pickens what´s that?

Post by **mnaz** » December 14th, 2008, 1:58 pm

Ol' Slim played Maj. "King" Kong in that Dr. Strangelove flick. Was prompted by a news story someone told me about-- apparently just recently a B-52 flew over the U.S. armed with live nukes-- inadvertently. Also I had the tune "Swamp" by Talking Heads looping in my brain that day... We've made it through a few decades now with nuclear bombs. I would hate to think that we're getting sloppy and complacent with them..

Post by **Dave The Dov** » December 15th, 2008, 7:28 am

It's like a game to them. I've got a Dr. Strangelove poster that shows Slim sitting on the bomb that he rides in the movie.

Post by **goldenmyst** » December 15th, 2008, 11:31 pm

Slim, knew how to make the most of a bad situation. Your poem is right on.

John