"Don't let it be forgot............."
It was about this time of night.
The sky was roiling with thick clouds, cast in a macabre light by the fading sun. It was the gloomiest November night I can recall.
A stinging mix of ice and rain, given force by a bitter wind, lashed my face and brought new tears to eyes already wet.
I trudged from house to house weighed down by the heaviest bag of papers I ever carried.
I laid bad news on doorstep after doorstep.
Banner headlines screamed:
"JFK SLAIN BY SNIPER IN DALLAS"
Forty-one years ago today, November 22, 1963.
"Don't let it be forgot,
That once there was a spot,
For one brief, shining moment......
that was known as Camelot"
Thus endeth the entry............
posted by captn | 11/22/2004 05:13:00 PM
2 Comments:
Bless you, Grace, for remembering how personal it was........I was 13, he was my hero.
I wasn't alive at that time, so I cannot feel empathy with those who were, but I can sympathyze with those who have lost a hero. I feel you.
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