< gravity's rainbow >

[rayheinrich]

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...................................< gravity's rainbow >
...............................
...............................no colors here
...............................just a rainbow-curved line
...............................of white rocket exhaust
...............................drawn across the November sky
...............................tracing the ballistic trajectory
...............................of a German V2 rocket as it
...............................crosses the English channel
...............................and heads for London with its
...............................2000 pound warhead traveling at
...............................four times the speed of sound
...............................arriving silently at the Woolworth's
...............................department store in New Cross
...............................which explodes with a blinding
...............................flash and an enormous roar
...............................followed by a dense cloud of
...............................smoke and debris casting a
...............................shadow over the body parts
...............................of 168 shoppers who have queued
...............................outside hoping to buy saucepans
...............................made scarce by war rationing
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