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| November 22, 1963 |
1.
Gunshots.
A Lincoln convertible.
Walter Cronkite’s tears.
A black veil.
The wheels of the caisson.
2.
A Lincoln convertible.
Walter Cronkite’s tears.
A black veil.
The wheels of the caisson.
Gunshots.
3.
Walter Cronkite’s tears.
A black veil.
The wheels of the caisson.
Gunshots.
A Lincoln convertible.
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4.
A black veil.
The wheels of the caisson.
Gunshots.
A Lincoln convertible.
Walter Cronkite’s tears.
5.
The wheels of the caisson.
Gunshots.
A Lincoln convertible.
Walter Cronkite’s tears.
A black veil.
J.R. Solonche is co-author (with wife Joan Siegel) of Peach Girl: Poems for a Chinese Daughter (Grayson Books). His poems have appeared in many magazines, journals, and anthologies since the 1970s. He teaches at SUNY Orange in Middletown, New York.
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