The Dutch gas mask fitted nicely, and a bargain at the cost.
Only £4.50, without it his life would be lost.
Even the N.B.C suit, that was £4.50 too!
Nuclear-Biological-Chemical suit.
Unused, unopened, brand new.
He said a prayer to eBay, through the rasping of his mask.
Then set off in search of water, his one forgotten task.
He was stupid, and he knew it.
How the Hell could he forget?
He had taken it for granted, the weather had been so 'Wet'.
How was he to know today tomorrow would be gone?
In every imaginable civilised way, brought by a giant swan.
Her words where far too callous, so sealing all our fate.
The Russians responded with malice, to the U.S Secretary of State.
"We will not stand by", America said, or at least those at the top.
The Russians rose to provocation, decided 'The Bomb' to drop.
The world had been demolished, at least that known to man.
He wiped the dust from his respirator, now his search for water began.
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