Kyoto

I am become death

as all petals die

but under conditions of such molten violence ?

they were felled by fragrant vibrations

Nagasaki

Hiroshima

Hibakusha

count them in solitary numbers

some vapours signified as incense as

censers rise atomic from devastation

atomic

cherry blossoms plump in the spring

they were counted as petals felled by death

I am become death

the destroyer of worlds

I am become death

cherry blossoms subtle in the spring

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