five +/- (6)
“Atoms for Peace”
graffiti seen
at the Café Mondrian
on the Boulevard
Saint-Germaine, etched
on a coppery bathroom ornament,
some kind of announcement
for all the little deities
who have survived the smashing
and orbited back to the void.
The Absinthe Drinker, Edouard Manet
Atoms for Peace