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Greenham common, England: from burning Babylon.(Poem)

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| September 01, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
SYMPTOMS 
 
   Once, when fevers here were scarlet, 
   they were healed in deep seclusion 
 
   in a sullen limewashed hospital 
   folded into alder, beech and gorse. 
 
   Now, in this our atom triangle 
   --Greenham, Burghfield, Aldermaston-- 
 
   fevers are more subtle, no isolation 
   needed, just a silent vigilance. 
 
   Some of us cannot stop washing, 
   imagining the geiger count across our hands. 
 
   Some conjure bruises like armfuls of tattoos 
   ...

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