Forty-eight years ago
JFK died.
If you were living then,
You must have cried.
JFK died.
If you were living then,
You must have cried.
TV ran on and on –
Pink hat and shots;
Oswald and Ruby
Connecting the dots.
Pink hat and shots;
Oswald and Ruby
Connecting the dots.
Bloodstains on Jackie,
The LBJ pledge;
All ofAmerica
Sitting on edge.
The LBJ pledge;
All of
Sitting on edge.
John John saluted,
The widow in black.
Innocence ended
And never came back.
The widow in black.
Innocence ended
And never came back.
Each twenty-second
The month of November,
Those moments flash back
And I pause to remember.
The month of November,
Those moments flash back
And I pause to remember.
subtle power in the terseness of the meter...
ReplyDeletethanks! that was pretty hard for me to do - not my usual style.
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