The Atom Bomb

They said only a couple of million would die.
They said the wind wouldn't blow this way.
They said there wouldn't be any reprisals,
But more did die, the wind blew this way,
and there were reprisals.
But the leaders didn't know that, they were in a shelter.

P. Walsh 4B

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