Bomb Scare

After rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion

Later
           it was discovered
           he was a net-loss

after they concluded
          their independent study

we realized                  how frustrating
               that must've been

                ***
He thought, "
                 they are so beautiful
          
                ."  "
                 maybe they can scare the bombs
                                                               away."

                ***

The perfect craters
their tight constellation and
    belt of wall gravel

                        pleased the larger birds
                        and then the smaller

                ***
                           smoke
                                 rose
             slowly

                     a perfect pillar
                     of emergency

                ***
We sent back the crisis

                   it was sub-prime
    but advertised differently