Rosa de Hiroshima

Think of the children
Mute, telepathic
Think of the girls
Blind, inaccurate

Think of the women
Altered routes
Think of the wounds
Like warm roses

But, oh! Don't forget
The rose, the field
The rose of Hiroshima
The hereditary rose

The radioactive rose
Stupid invalid
The cirrhotic rose
The anti-atomic rose

Without color
Without scent
Without rose
Without anything