Just a momentary lapse, a slip Criticality accident
With a flash and a surge of heat A deadly wave penetrates. Vile wind of radiation molests every cell No sensation and nothing felt but dread. Ultimate horror of the inevitable as the slow death begins.
In the first hour, it begins A nauseous churning in the stomach Antiemetic drugs mask the body's desperate urge To purge the scourge.
Then throbbing in the brain Pallid skin drenched in tears of sweat Hands imbued with fiery crimson Of rapidly invasive erythema Whilst deep and unseen, bone marrow is decaying