Hiding Place*

by

Richard Armour

 

Move over, ham,

And quartered cow,

My Geiger says

The time is now.

Yes, now I lay me

Down to sleep,

And if I die,

At least I'll keep.

 

*In the 1950's the New York State Frozen Food

Association said the best protection in case of an

atomic explosion is a frozen-food locker because

"radiation will not penetrate."