On july 29th at 5:29 am
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The gadget turned the pre-dawned sky as bright as the sun
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As the first atomic mushroom cloud rose above the horizon.
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We knew the world would not be the same...
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A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent.
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I remembered the lines from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita
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Vishnu was trying to persuade the prince that he should do his duty
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And to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says,
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"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
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I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.
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A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent.
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I remembered the lines from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita.
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"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
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Beyond Skin
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| Nitin Sawhney |
