Sometimes a simple mistake can change your life in profound ways. Sometimes, it makes no difference at all. Have you ever broken something and had to face consequences? Or did you break a rule and learn something new about life? Use it as a first line or a jumping off point, and think about how breaking something may have changed your life.

1 night at the Cantab Lounge, I wrote down something and this poem emerged from it. feel free to steal “I dream the bomb” or, better, steal your own first line.

If I Should Die Before I Wake
I Pray the Lord my Soul to Take

I dream the bomb
it’s hard not to
with Cold War parents
A Canticle for Leibowitz
the scene in Terminator 2
that’s all Sarah Connor
fence shockwave

I dream the bomb
machined graphite
crosshair fins
ball blunt shark nose

I dream
the bomb’s energies
flash fire
whistle crescendo
tear silk screen skin
before I wake

*remember, C’s usually the Correct answer.