Nutcracker

Epigrammata 80

No photo makes clear / swift like lightning bolts falling / only firing blanks.

As when the children play with fire
We hope their game may fast expire
In not consuming half the town
Bring the temperature but down;
Empty warheads show the MIRV
Can be used by those with nerve
Could be filled for such a slight
In fifteen minutes, Winter's night
Would Summer's day become in spite.