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Hell and Havoc (A Poem for Godzilla’s 69th Anniversary)

Happy Godzilla Day!

Donny Winter has returned to the site to give you a special reading of his latest poem, written for Godzilla’s 69th birthday. It is told form the perspective of the Earth itself.

Hell and Havoc

By Donny Winter

You lit the match in this gas-filled atmosphere

and I cannot fall back into slumber

with eyelids burned beyond recognition.

You, who claim to own my every grain,

pebble, and molecule.

You lit the match, so, I’ll let this flame rage

longer than I’ve allowed you to pepper

my surface with concrete and plastic.

I’ll watch as you delusional demigods

crack beneath the pressure,

cave with each foot fall of the beast you’ve birthed.

At the end of what you call time,

the hell and havoc you’ve wrought 

exacts a heavier toll than 

a monstrosity made by monsters. 

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  • Donny is a writer, educator, and podcaster. He teaches creative writing and composition at Delta College and has authored three collections of poems, each garnering a Pushcart Prize nomination. Additionally, his work has appeared in the IDW Publishing's Godzilla: 70th Anniversary comic book anthology. Currently, he's the creator and host for the YouTube podcast Growing Up with Godzilla. 

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Donny Winter

Donny is a writer, educator, and podcaster. He teaches creative writing and composition at Delta College and has authored three collections of poems, each garnering a Pushcart Prize nomination. Additionally, his work has appeared in the IDW Publishing's Godzilla: 70th Anniversary comic book anthology. Currently, he's the creator and host for the YouTube podcast Growing Up with Godzilla. 

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