Just a moment!

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Have you ever

Noticed that sometimes

Accidents due occur.

This scene above

It is just not right

There is something off

Not that the man

Should be shot

We as the audience

Except just that

To see politicians

Shot in front of us

We have had a few

Presidents assassinated

Kennedy is a day

Most will always

Remember...

I had an attentive

Grandpa

Really he did his duty

In getting me 

Out of the house

And out of the way

For the ladies

To have their morning

Coffee and meltdown

He often walked

To the bakery

Hung out with the guys

And talked to me about

Everything

I recall the jabbering

Which is why when

He was older

He got cold and silent

I knew something 

Had gone horribly wrong

Televisions used to be on

Every one walked

If not the barber shop

The hardware store

Or even just on the counter

Of any old place

It was still fairly new

For one to own a personal one

There it was in front of me

The motorcade and people

Screaming and yelling

While grandpa jabbered

With some ladies

Until I reached my patience

Level and explained

I was not bored

But wanted attention

What? What!

She does not usually 

Make a sound

I'm so sorry ladies

And then the screen

In front of him

His whole body

Went rigid

He was a wwii guy

He knew trouble

When it occurred

Ladies! Maybe you should

Go home now!

Why?

We are just waiting

For some tidbit

Of the Dallas trip

What color do you think

She will be wearing today?

You see this little area

There is always a tv 

On somewhere....

They were by then 

Sitting on the sidewalk

A taxi was called

Several taxis arrived

We were off to the races

 He forgot to get in one

He just ran back 

To the big old house

In Georgetown

Where we were all staying

It was terrible

Those days that followed

I learned not to make

A sound at all

Learned to communicate

Without disturbing anyone

At all

Too young anyways

I should not even

Be able to recall it either

Just one of those things

Do you remember

When in fact

It is a cold sweat

In the middle of the night

Or a long hot one.....

Anyways

What I noticed about

This thing

Is that no one is moving

No screams nor shouting

The guy was quickly

Apprehended

Without any fuss or force

While the guys team

Or living out a dream

They have trained

But have never had

To do anything

And he is not even

The President

But the Prime Minister

The women along

The fence are there

From all those old years

Of training in the soviet system

Now they are retired

And just out to see

The guy giving handshakes

A guy walks

Besides them

And pulls out a gun

Close enough

For a head shot

But instead he aims

Down into the torse

Alot of vital organs

Are there but also

The possibility of a recovery

What was he thinking?

And not trying to get away

While the crowd are in shock

But not even moving 

Just standing and clutching

The wire fence

Are they waiting 

For themselves

To be shot

Or do they think

It is all a prank?

It is odd

That all.

Odd.

No bullet proof vest

No expectation

Of violence

Nor any real message

Odd.

His being dragged

To the car

Is rememberable

It is one of the better

Pictures

His men in a huff

Getting him into the car

And then running around

What to do next?

Oh yeah 

Where is that guy?

Already on his knees

And trussed 

Some good guy

In the crowd

Calmly removed

His gun and put him down

On the ground

For the police to arrive

While the women just waited

And waited

Until after the guy

Was taken away

He survived five shots

To his torso

Probably is going

To be on a restricted 

Diet the rest of his life.

But he is alive

While there are news

Elsewhere

One wonders ...

What the next moment

Will bring to us 

And to the world....