I was very affected by the accident and became involved in the anti-nuke movie. I am a poet and have been writing for a long time. This was written in 1979.
Planned and Unplanned Releases
(April 1979)
catatonia:
good for a scrabble game
hard to describe one’s own progression
in surviving slow, transparent
particles of death
where words do not come
action must
so as not to let feelings envelope
I took the mic from the men in suits
who confidently explained what happened
told them of our fear and stress,
our need to know
Barbara Buckman