MUFFLED CADENCE
The sound of shot.
The roar of gun.
Thy will be done
blares the drum.
The sudden shock.
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MUFFLED CADENCE
The sound of shot.
The roar of gun.
Thy will be done
blares the drum.
The sudden shock.
The news farflung.
Thy will be done
beats the drum.
The hour of grief.
The darkened sun.
Thy will be done
rolls the drum.
The sound of shot.
The grave begun.
Thy will be done
mourns the drum.
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by N Marshall Bertsch
(N Marshall Bertsch is a Republican who was profoundly
griefstricken by the assassination of John F Kennedy).

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

To be born free is an accident; To live free a responsibility; To die free is an obligation.

To be born free is an accident; To live free a responsibility; To die free is an obligation.

Poverty is the worst form of death.

Poverty is the worst form of death.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.

What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.

What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by living, by losing.

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by living, by losing.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.