Slingshot

Will you shoot down the stars;
Riddle the galaxies with cheese holes?

Will you shout against the deafening sea;
Push back the salty waves?

Will you rage against the dying light;
And laugh in the long tunnel?

Will you wage war against dead laws;
Defy so that you can truly live?

On and on, going like an Energizer Bunny--
Will, will, will, that's all you'll ever need.
I know you can. Willpower and Faith--
Together and greater than any seed.
As Man and Woman.

An Atomic Slingshot, that's what we are!
The only real thing in a world of Symbols;
The only electric pair in a negative place.

Isn't it funny now, when you dream you smile?
For this is the Real Thing--A Nuclear Love.

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1996