Kennedy's Been Shot

Sirens wailing like the world had ended In the streets an eerie calm that day The heartbeat of our country'd been suspended Kennedy's been shot! My God! No way! Youthful vigor, smile inviting and appealing Camelot! -- He and Jackie'd ushered in America, the news had sent a-reeling Lined our faces, tears instead of grins Woe! The shock wore off, reality set in Agonizingly, did we return to form Drank our morning coffee, tasted thin Sometimes wished we never had been born Death, unwelcome, always begs a reason This death torments our souls these many seasons Trochaic tetrameter/pentameter