guys from the neighborhood
used to walk to the plant
from Pine Street down to Oak.
Each of them with a lunch pail,
maybe a thermos of coffee.
When the Japanese were defeated
with 2 A-bombs on 2 days in August '45
there was relief. Nobody knew
'til later that their production
of green salt made it possible.
Afterward, when the awards arrived
for their service to the country
they were proud, and rightly so.
But then nobody knew 'til later
that the men and the old neighborhood
were as radioactive as Hiroshima.
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