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This Is Only A Test

We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. ~President John F. Kennedy, 1962 Don't you just hate that weekly test When it interrupts the morning broadcast? It advises me in the event it is real Stay tuned for further information what to do! Yeah right because if the bomb is falling I'll be heading out back to our fallout shelter. Dad put it in way back in the day When Russia was doing its thing down in Cuba. We had no inkling it wouldn't come true. We had no idea Kennedy would be killed. We didn't know he wouldn't live to see his dream Of those men walking upon the moon.

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Date: 4/13/2024 10:48:00 PM
A good poem on a historic era. I like the message.
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Date: 4/13/2024 4:32:00 PM
Your poem captured such pivotal moments in history...you're right. How little did we know that we'd be where we are today. Thanks for the journey down memory lane. Enjoyed the read.
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Date: 4/13/2024 5:27:00 PM
I was only six years old when Pres. Kennedy was assassinated. I don't remember much about those times. I based most of this poem on what others have said about it. Thank you for commenting.

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