Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Too Close

Rural North Carolina, the place,

1961 was the year.

Flying from a U.S. air base

A B-52 bomber here,

While on a routine cold war flight,

Did lose a wing and crashed into

A field in the dark of the night.

Atomic bombs were on board, true!

No detonations luckily,

But nonetheless quite a close call,

That the atomic age does be

A crash away from dooming all.

It is a scary thought to think -

A bomb disaster in a blink.