Dallas Doesn't Love You

Dallas Doesn't Love You

A Poem by Devons

"I am the man," the President said,
"who accompanies Mrs. Kennedy.."
Good weather, top down
the glossy black Lincoln
Continental and new
paint as fresh
as freshly-sliced flesh
shiny as a hearse
that's never been used.
Motorcade glamour
flashing lights and badges
head-snap, skull-flap
Zapruder-red flowers
and blood
on the limousine floor.
"Mr. President, you can't
say Dallas doesn't love you"
the Governor's wife said
then her yellow flowers splashed
with the President's head.
Mrs. Kennedy, so cute
in her pink Chanel suit
white gloves, pillbox hat
(it was hard to match that)
she's 'the look' of '63
soon to be retired
and she glows as she goes
where photographers shoot
but bullets will be fired
today's fashion smeared
and eras frontiered
the sands running out
as the crowds waved and cheered.
To die is to cast
big speeches to the past
and to lie at the last
in states disunited
Ask not what your country can do for you
say goodbye to your life,
your wife, and this land
"They have killed my husband.
I have his brains in my hand."

© 2015 Devons


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Omigod wow! First words that came to my mind when I finished this. This poem is full of imagery that feeds the imagination. Moreover, I love little bit "To die is to cast
big speeches to the past
and to lie at the last
in states disunited
Ask not what your country can do for you
say goodbye to your life,
your wife, and this land
"They have killed my husband.
I have his brains in my hand.""

Love Love Love it.

ps. great insight on Kennedy's assasination and the truth behind it.


Posted 14 Years Ago


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I remember seeing this on Tv when I was a kid. Didn't matter that my mama said Kennedy was bad. It was very very sad for Mrs. K. and those poor little children with no daddy---and it still makes me cry.

Posted 13 Years Ago


Wow - such a vivid and striking piece in so many ways - very well written also.
Really great work

Posted 14 Years Ago


Great piece .. well done

Posted 14 Years Ago


Great and an amazing one.

"They have killed my husband.
I have his brains in my hand."

I Just loved this line, it speaks a lot....
Thank you!!!

Posted 14 Years Ago


Well done.

Posted 14 Years Ago


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I was going to swear but stopped myself. Gosh that is hardhitting, graphic, poignant..it's well..your a master of the craft..amazing..RIP JFK.

Posted 14 Years Ago


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Such a creative title and such a creative poem! I've never known much about Kennedy other than that he was shot as he rode in a car next to his wife. I've always felt sorry for his wife, my grief doubling as I imagine what she must have seen and how she must have felt. It's unfathomable. Great poem! -Eli

Posted 14 Years Ago


Oh...this made me wince with discomfort. It's an extremely sharp and focused view of the account that fateful day in American history. Growing up miles from Dallas, we visited whenever curious relatives wished to see the blessed site of the gruesome incident. Very clever and accurate account of American history. Bravo!

Posted 14 Years Ago


the thing about this that touches me so profoundly? how you've humanised it all.. stripped away the "grassy knoll", plucked out the conspiracy theorists, and showed it for what it was.. a tragedy of a very human level..

your phrasing is just perfection, and really, completely broke my heart with the imagery of Camelot lost..

Posted 14 Years Ago


Kennedy still is a fascination..i remember visiting Benazir's mausoleum and well,its a 3rd world wid lot of personality worship so ppl consider her goddess..many stay at her grave day and night..that night,i asked an uncle of mine about Kennedy's grave (who lives in Dallas)..he said the Americans are practicle,they got over him..like brits got over Diana and like we got over Zulfiqar ali bhutto...i love sardonic taste of your writes..a tragedy is a tragedy for a while then people get over it.

Posted 14 Years Ago



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Added on July 27, 2010
Last Updated on May 26, 2015
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Devons
Devons

South West, United Kingdom



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