Do Not Forget Your Dying King

The idea of
The conspiracy theory
That has failed
To go away
In sixty years,
To contradict that
Lee Harvey Oswald
Assassinated JFK,
Isn’t to say
That there is
Or ever will be
Some truth
Yet to be revealed
But that it was 
An unsatisfying conclusion
For such a consequential life,
A giant in his lifetime,
Divisive 
And yet charismatic,
A lothario
And yet committed to his country,
Capable of great blunders 
And yet gifted with incredible vision,
Often imitated
But never duplicated,
An old story,
A great one,
Still the best one
His party has yet produced,
A shining beacon on a hill,
A true profile in courage.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Rat Was In the White House

The rat was in the White House. Vile, Diseased, Infested, Vermin. And yet for all that There was also Something exotic, Challenging every preconception, And sometimes that Provokes Inspiration, Shaking loose The doldrums, The humdrum, The routine. It was an interesting four years. And it will be For many years To come. History won’t soon Forget. Although, You know, Stranger things Have happened.
Read more

Emotional Lies

The easiest way to kill something  Is with emotional lies. These things, Emotional lies Are the kind that  Seem truest, the kind  That seem most dispassionate  But really hinge on a connection You don’t want to lose, even if it breaks Something that’s better, that shouldn’t be lost. And they are the ones that are most insidious  And used, like weapons, most frequently, And are most popular, easiest to defend, Because they’re easiest to internalize, Personalize, feel most natural, Because that’s the nature Of emotion, And lies. And so they’re used only By those with everything to lose.
Read more