We are a country obsessed with apocalypse And not just the religious fundamentalist variety Our real flesh and blood sins The slaughter of Native Americans The enslavement of Africans Our invasions of other lands Rest all too easily on the collective conscience The nuclear chain reaction that began in 1945 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Continues today in our hearts, in our minds and in our souls We cannot stop it because we have never had a true national reckoning Turning what should be a normal fear of death into something larger Uncontrollable menacing (Nothing to treat them) Nothing to treat them There is no reckoning no taking of responsibility