“After one-hundred, which number comes next?”
inquired Ms. Colvin as she studied her text.
All of us kids raised our hands high,
then Ms. Colvin picked Brett, this one dumb guy.
“Two-hundred,” he said with complete confidence.
“Geez,” I thought, “he sure is dense.”
So I sat up straight
and I felt really great
’cause the answer, I knew,
was one-hundred and two.
ALL HALLOW’S EVE
The skeleton with the wicked grin, and Resembling Benny Warner sat on a park Bench on Colvin St., a few doors from The corner.
There aren’t any more of those exquisite Chocolate bars left to eat. The costumed Goblins over on Hodge’s Run had Themselves a feast.
Legends persist of spooks in the attic at Number 603 Main, and dozens of jack O’ lanterns were quarantined, and lined Up on Magpie Lane.
Mrs. Benson’s dog had mysteriously Vanished never to return, while Mr. Parker was convinced his scarecrow was Persecuted in the maze of corn.
Wrapped tight in a moth-eaten army blanket, Chugging cider in the panic room, was Mr. Harding, The town mayor. He gave folks the ridiculous Estimation that the culprit was gourd by
A pumpkin.
Its trick or treat time as usual in a small town.
Send a tear to your lapel
for the debt you owe Marie
and others of her ilk,
it's just as well still
not nearly as good
as opening our eyes
Marie & Remi Ochlik
were shelled out of existence
while reporting to those
who would pay attention
the dark deeds of Syrian powers
A decade ago they took her eye
in Sri Lanka, but not her vision
War correspondent or photographer
is a risky title to carry
in many places on the globe,
but needs to be carried
with a terminal conviction
to those gentle of peace
Drones, tanks, and roadside IED's
all meant to turn dialogue into
monologue...into diatribe
that usurps the power of each
individual for another's own
Let us thank the megaphone,
the megapixeled shutterer,
and the twitterer, the
militant peacenik who
will not be silenced
into any form of domination
© Goode Guy 2012-02-22
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/news/article874796.ece
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/22/147247598/killing-continues-in-syria-two-western-journalists-among-reported-victims
http://www.newsday.com/news/american-war-reporter-marie-colvin-killed-in-syria-1.3548091
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Colvin
for: Marie Colvin & all war reporters