August 4, 2026 is the day of American nuclear apocalypse in the short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
Based on the poem
'There Will Come Soft Rains'
by Sara Teasdale
(War Time)
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white,
Robins will wear their feathery fire
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone.
@bruces so far, so good...
@bruces this story had a profound impact on me as a child. I still think about it.
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@bruces I leave the link to the Soviet animated short based on the story here for whoever wants it: https://youtu.be/4oxP3TyuQx0?is=BgrXdIlanh_0CJG6
@bruces and that makes today's AVvCX crossword make a lot more sense