{"id":42669,"date":"2026-03-16T21:36:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=42669"},"modified":"2026-03-16T21:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:36:43","slug":"gone-in-seconds-a-poem-and-song-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/gone-in-seconds-a-poem-and-song-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"GONE IN SECONDS! &#8212; a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gone-in-seconds-optimized.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gone-in-seconds-optimized.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gone-in-seconds-optimized-557x696.png 557w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gone-in-seconds-optimized-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n<p>GONE IN SECONDS!<\/p>\n<p>by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bill's Bible Basics Poetry and Songs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>12-14-2025<\/p>\n<p>Oh friend, you&#8217;ve just got to love MAD,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not talkin&#8217; &#8217;bout the old magazine,<br \/>\nI mean &#8220;Mutually Assured Destruction&#8221;,<br \/>\nWhere there is no one left to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, everyone gone in mere seconds,<br \/>\nAs a bright cloud rises in the skies,<br \/>\nAll those pols kept talkin&#8217; &#8217;bout peace,<br \/>\nBut it was all just their deceptive lies.<\/p>\n<p>They all had smiles etched on their faces,<br \/>\nAs they kept speaking to the other side,<br \/>\nBut in their hearts they prepared for war,<br \/>\nYeah, those jerks just deceived and lied.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, &#8220;Peace, peace!&#8221; they kept on saying,<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s no need for us to have any fears,<br \/>\nYet everything is now so amazingly bright,<br \/>\nAnd then that great heat wave hits my ears.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t even have seconds to really think,<br \/>\nNor was there any time to register the pain,<br \/>\nAs strange gray flakes fall from the skies,<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve become a part of the radioactive rain.<\/p>\n<p>Billions of other folks are all just like me,<br \/>\nOne minute we were here and then we were not,<br \/>\nWhile the elites hide down in their bunkers,<br \/>\nI truly hope that in Hell they will all rot.<\/p>\n<p>None of those who died ever asked for this,<br \/>\nWe simply wanted to live our lives in peace,<br \/>\nBut constant greed and hunger for more power,<br \/>\nMeant that humanity&#8217;s wars would never cease.<\/p>\n<p>Then finally the fools pushed the darn button,<br \/>\nEveryone everywhere must&#8217;ve seen a huge flash,<br \/>\nNow we gently and slowly settle to the ground,<br \/>\nWe are just a nondescriptive part of the ash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#Poetry #Poem GONE IN SECONDS! by Bill Kochman https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry 12-14-2025 Oh friend, you&#8217;ve just got to love MAD, I&#8217;m not talkin&#8217; &#8217;bout the old magazine, I mean &#8220;Mutually Assured Destruction&#8221;, Where there is no one left to be seen. 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