*a quick note.....frequent contributor Thomas. R. Thomas sent this to me
and i didn't catch it until now. Still, very timely considering our climate
some 50 years later*
I remember the night
Bobby got shot
I was watching
the election
that night
too young to vote
old enough to know
I knew his son
was the same
age as me
thirteen was
too young to
carry such a weight
he sat in his
room in Malibu
watching TV
with me
watching with him
fifty miles away
Bobby carried our
hope on his shoulders
and our hope
fell to the floor
as the busboy
helpless
held his hand
and I’ve found
it hard to
trust again
--Thomas R. Thomas
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