ramblings and things
Cold War Paranoia for
The new number one in town:
Maybe the uncertainty
Had worn America down.
The USSR ringed by missiles,
All armed with nuclear heads,
Subs under the Polar ice
All pointed at the Reds.
Had nukes installed in Cuba
Pointed at the States
Already lined up so
Discovered far too late.
A bit of bravado,
A nuclear tit for tat,
But the West's new masters
We're not prepared for that,
So, came the Cuban crisis,
Brinkmanship pushed,
American decisions
So hasty and rushed.
Kennedy and Khruschev:
To what lenght
Would they go
In this show of strength.
And for a few days the world
Bit their nails in fear
One wrong step and maybe
Nuclear holocaust was here.
The man in the white hat
Inexperience to the fore
Almost pushed the button
For limited non nuclear war.
Muscles flexed,
Daggers drawn,
Almost a case of
Pistols at dawn.
The big bad red menace
At the last backed down
Thus preserving the face
For the new man in town.
The world shook it's head,
Sighed with relief;
Uneasy peace reigned between
Two opposing systems of belief.
Back in Berlin
Things slowly cooled down,
And life got back to normal
In that normally divided town.
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