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A Second Changes Everything
A Second Changes Everything
A bullet leaves the barrel of a gun
A man thinks ‘what have I done?’
The sky is cornflower blue, without a cloud
The President waves at people in the crowd
A woman turns slightly to look at him
The sun glints off the Lincoln’s trim
A watcher points a cine-camera at the parade
A secret service agent dreams of getting laid
...
Sunday 10th May 2020 4:14 pm
Time To Decide Patsy
Time To Decide Patsy
I’m sat amongst the boxes
In my nest not in a tree
The November sun is dazzling
It’s nineteen sixty three
In the land of the brave
In the land of the free
I’m learning how to kill
In the book depository
I look down the barrel
To see what I can see
A woman dressed in pink
Her hand is on his knee
I squint at his head
It’s just him ...
Tuesday 2nd April 2019 4:48 pm
President Kennedy (Re-post)
(A timely re -post on this 50th anniversary)
President Kennedy, won’t you come back to me
Tell me all you know,
Tell me about Marilyn Monroe
Tell me about Oswald, Ruby and J Edgar Hoover,
The CIA and their secret manoeuvres
Tell me about the Oil men and the FBI,
The five star generals and the new frontier.
Tell me about the missile crisis and the U2 flights
...Friday 22nd November 2013 7:03 am
She Wears Pink
She Wears Pink
she wears pink
to brighten his day
and the November sun
shines off the black
of the bonnet
of the car
that they share
down Elm Street
into Dealey Plaza
into the bright
Dallas daylight
with their backs
to the red brick
book depository
he waves to
children nuns
preachers cowboys
cons and killers
until...
Tuesday 20th August 2013 7:05 pm
President Kennedy
President Kennedy, won’t you come back to me
Tell me all you know,
Tell me about Marilyn Monroe
Tell me about Oswald, Ruby and J Edgar Hoover,
The CIA and their secret manoeuvres
Tell me about Dealey Plaza and the Dallas motorcade
Tell me about Elm Street and your final wave
President Kennedy, won’t you come back to me
Tell me all you know,
Tell m...
Sunday 16th September 2012 10:43 pm
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