In Honor of the 168
Hordes of
reporters milling around,
Interviewing each
other.
Desperately
searching for an illusive scoop.
They can’t
interview the 168.
National
media provides blitz coverage,
Hourly,
then by the minute.
Everything
you don’t want to know.
What
about the 168?
What
did he say, what was he wearing,
What
does he think?
As
if this was important.
What
about the 168?
Constant
repetition almost makes him a folk hero,
A
man admired for his stoicism.
He’s
the hot news today.
What
about the 168?
National
media giving advice to the survivors,
Telling
them how they are supposed to feel, to act, to think.
As
if these national hotshots knew anything.
What
about the 168?
Second
by second, we hear how he died,
Eye-witness
accounts are the Holy Grail.
Much
ado about the demise of a killer.
What
about the 168?
True
justice would have been better served,
If
no one bothered to attend.
He
would have been exterminated, unnoticed.
And
that would honor the 168.
By AL Manning
June 11, 2011, Sixteen years, two months
after
the
Oklahoma City Bombing
Note: Today is the 25th anniversary of Oklahoma City Bombing
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