Yet we persevere, yet we hope
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December 10, 2023 1:00 AM
Robert Frost squints into the sunshine as he recites from memory, “The Gift Outright.” Our black-and-white TV magically puts us there as our country carries out its most sacred tradition, the peaceful transfer of power. I am 11 years old. I know it is a historic occasion. Hope is palpable.
Three years later, three rifle shots. Our eighth grade teacher had heard it on her car radio. Black-and-white images of the open convertible in Dallas, Texas. The widow with two little children. The flag-draped casket on the funeral caisson.
No explanations. No reason. No answers.
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