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She Tells Her Child of the Assassination
by Marjorie Saiser
In November of 1963, you
were all the center of my days
and when I heard on TV
Kennedy had been shot,
I wrapped you in your blue
blanket and walked for miles (I was
strong then), carrying you
on sidewalks in the middle
of a country stunned by rapid-fire
bulletins. It was
pink Chanel suit, brain matter,
film loop, Walter Cronkite—
but I had your sweet-
smelling head close to my lips
and I walked 40th Street. The leaves
broke and scattered under my feet.
I passed the blank faces of doors and windows,
the news spreading dark over the lawns.
“She Tells Her Child of the Assassination” by Marjorie Saiser from I Have Nothing to Say About Fire. © The Backwaters Press, 2016. Reprinted with permission.
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