On 26 April, 1986 at 1.23 am, in the cool dark of an early
Saturday, the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear complex
exploded. "Heavy Water" is based on eyewitness accounts of the
Chernobyl disaster. Petrucci takes up the challenge confronting
society in every age: to attempt the difficult task of exploring
its most terrible events. His poem unites the concerns of artist,
humanitarian and historian at a common source: the desire not to
forget. This poem stands to remind us that those who have been
exposed to the invisible should never become so.Each segment paints
an intimate picture: some elements of everyday life remain
unchanged, others are profoundly altered. The collection's
recurring motifs of black and white signal how all are silenced,
reduced to anonymity - which in turn engenders fierce solidarity.
Meanwhile, men and machines toil side by side to tackle the
insurmountable. Petrucci's use of scientific and medical
terminology makes his descriptions chillingly precise. In contrast,
we hear, from a deeply personal angle, the simply expressed
accounts of real people who struggle to cope with the enormity of
the disaster. This poem is at once deeply shocking yet pervaded by
an uplifting beauty.
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