The A1 Verse: The world’s war machine
By Thomas Gaulkin | June 28, 2022
Illustrations by Zdenek Sasek, modified
Every so often, a story published on the front page of the New York Times is so well written, meaningful, and appropriate to the Bulletin’s concerns that small snippets of it, properly chosen and arranged, produce something more than journalism, something that approaches … poetry. That blessed coincidence occurred June 27, 2022.
We suspect it’ll occur again.
G7 Tightens Vise on Russian Trade
(from the original by Jim Tankersley)
Gold and oil,
even missiles:
How war consumed the world.
even missiles:
How war consumed the world.
Gold for oil,
gold, and oil:
War and the international.
Such a theme,
behind the scenes:
The world’s war machine.
Together, we make the world safer.
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Keywords: G7, Russia, The A1 Verse, Ukraine, gold, oil, poetry, war
Topics: Special Topics
Thomas Gaulkin
Thomas Gaulkin is multimedia editor at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Prior to joining the Bulletin in 2018, he spent the... Read More
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