The Fall

The 22nd day of November

Some will always remember

As The Fall

Of

A

Man

Of

A

Legend

Whose history still stands

In our presence… a phantom…

“Since it was no longer raining,

the plastic bubble top had been

left off” the convertible limousine

with the passengers inside

to absorb the heat of the sun

as the myriad of harvest colors

reflected fire and pumpkin,

golden apples, and sweet tea,

chili, brisket and pecan pie…

All the tasteful colors of Texas,

On the way to the Dallas Trade Mart

Where he was scheduled

to speak at a luncheon.

1230 noon

The year of

1963

As the “crowds of excited people

lined the streets and waved,”

The first lady’s red roses

Would be blood

red

As her husband absorbed

A bullet

in his neck and

One in his head

As the vehicle turned

off Main Street at Dealey Plaza

Passing the Texas School

Book Depository

Falling

upon

his

wife

As the car sped off

To Parkland Memorial

Hospital

-only a few minutes away…

“Little could be done”

To save his life

As a Catholic Priest was summoned

Administering last rites

But

A half an hour later

-just 30 minutes

-1,800 seconds

At 1:00 p.m.

He was

pronounced

dead…

30 more minutes, or perhaps less,

The arrest

Of recently hired

Texas School

Book Depository employee

And gunman,

Murderer,

-Prime suspect in the assassination

-Lee Harvey Oswald,

was taken to jail

With one other

victim

To take

The Fall

-a patrolman…

2 days later

Karma sought her vengeance

Through Jack Ruby,

A local nightclub owner,

Who shot at point blank range

Lee Harvey Oswald

On live TV

As he was being transferred

From police headquarters

To the county jail

-He only lasted 2 hours

Before he breathed

his last breath

At Parkland

Hospital

An obvious

Fall

At the behest

Of the legendary martyr

Known as J.F.K.

-President John F. Kennedy

-The Fall that led to the fall

Of his death…

The 5th day of August

The prior year

of 1962

Came The Fall

Of

A

Woman

Of

A

Legend

Who still deceives them all…

One who crossed paths with

The President,

An alleged affair,

As he had affairs with so many

-Or so the rumor mill shared…

As her breathy, sultry, scandalous

Song of “Happy Birthday”

Would pronounce,

As evidence that could not

possibly be denied,

and his sentiments replied:

“I can now retire from politics

after having had

Happy Birthday

sung to me

in such a sweet,

wholesome way.”

But was the notion

of it all

so “wholesome”

when three months

from that day

she was found dead

of a barbiturate overdose

in her home in L.A.?

JFK and Marilyn Monroe

Just 10 years apart

-She died at 36

-He died at 46

And boy, was her death mired

-suicide or murder?

-From a planned confession

of alien conspiracy

-To a profession of an affair

Wrought with love

To the countless other

Theories

That keep pervading

Her very existence and her life…

The Fall of two

Moguls

in

The Fall

Gone too soon

Perhaps

Perplexing us all

Into the

Dead

Of winter

But

Why

-Autumn?