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As I Recall It

October 11, 2010
By Woodard BRONZE, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Woodard BRONZE, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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It went off, like the click
Of his heel
against the morning tile.
I climbed from the backseat,
To save his pieces;
To put him back together.
His head falls into my lap,
Roses splattering against my
Pink skirt, like the pedals
That line the aisle
To the altar.

The author's comments:
“He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist.”
-Jackie Kennedy on John F. Kennedy's assassination

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