We humans were changed forever and
in ways never before humanly envisioned nor deeply
felt.
In one fell swoop of the nuclear
—Poof!—
all humans now eyed one another as an Intimate
Enemy, and
our collective and communal heart started
forever beating to the
cadence of dreadful
fear—as we all,
everyone,
now remain forever threatened with
instant death through nuclear annihilation.
