Once in a bookstore auction
I saw a pamphlet
From the city of St. Louis
“How to Survive the H Bomb”.

Civil Defense, duck under your desk,
Keep lots of canned food and lots of water,
And for God’s sake build a fallout shelter.
The fallout could last awhile.

The 50 s lived under a mushroom cloud,
I live under mine.

After my divorce,
After the money crunch,
After the dead end jobs,
After the consumer credit counseling,
I went underground.
The fallout could last awhile.

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