Was it like that?
		Pacing scenario after scenario
		groupthinking holes in policy limits
		forgetting firestorms and mother's milk
		fortified with Strontium 90

		Was it like that?
		Remembering the mythical god
		of the sun in an erupting cone
		claiming craters as triumphs
		Marilyn's breasts in your hands

		Was it like that?
		Stripping the magnate's daughter
		in the backseat of a Lincoln Continental
		turning the corner in Dallas
		at 11 miles an hour

		Was it like that?
		When the bullets snapped into you
		like you were going to sneeze
		and then you didn't