6 August

Rain¹

           in Maine.

Summer's at the Lake,

           calm,

The Lake's surface gray-scale

           pointillism.

Little Boy² dives toward

           the water.

Waiting, the Great Artiste³

           measures

Light: yellow, orange, red,

           mushroom – over ground zero.

         Hiroshima, 1945

Ripples spread across

           the Lake,

Driven by a light breeze

           from the West,

Summer's at the Lake,

           rain in Maine.

1. Actual weather at Moosehead Lake,

    Maine, on 6 August 1945

2. the 1st (for delivery) atomic bomb

    built at Los Alamos

3. the Great Artiste: name the crew gave to the

    B-29 bomber that recorded all measurements

    & events on the bombing run