Uncertain Times

It's the best of times
When golden chances
Are there for
Technical advances,
Yet, it also is
The worst of times
When religious fanaticism
Pits nation against nation,
Leading, perchance, to threats
Of ending all creation
In flames of destruction
Through increasing
Atom bomb construction,
For if in quantity produced,
They'll eventually be used.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2007 Alfred Charasz