Ah, yes! I remember it well! All the neighbors and the Chandler clan were out, straining their eyes to the heavens. That word also struck terror into my heart a the time, as did words like "fallout shelter".
I think this is a very well-written sonnet which evokes, upon first reading it, the feelings I believe the author wishes to communicate to the reader.
Others have mentioned the phrase "we two stand" as jarring, and I admit it gave me pause as well. Why not, "there we stand".
I think the word "see" in L4 would be improved by the word "search".
I`m not concerned about all the instances of the word "move" in the poem . . . remember "A Cristo crucificado"?
Nor am I bothered about the bread baking reference. It is obviously exactly what the father said to N, and not used for an end-rhyme.
The ending is very good, but I believe, once again, that a more vivid immediacy could be achieved by putting the phrase "that traced" into the progressive, "tracing".
Very much enjoyed.
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