Sunday, June 28, 2020

1968 Sign of the Times


Watched a CNN Documentary on 1968

last night. Bet most of you reading this

were decades away from even being

born yet.


Indeed, it’s hard for me to believe I

lived through all that some 52-years

earlier. The assassinations of MLK

and RFK, the cities on fire, the riots

and protests, the hell that was the war

at home and in Vietnam.


Terrible!


And I thought so back then, But I was

only 21-years old and had hopes things

would improve over time. But then...


Terrible!


And in cycles as the world turns, more

travesties and disasters occur. Seems

all those lessons and still we never learn.


New deaths, new births, history is written,

the facts fade away, and get ready, here we

go once again.


Terrible!


When you live through so many cycles

you begin to think, sure different faces,

perhaps different places, but here we

are, Déjà vu all over again.


Terrible!


At 73-years of age with all my maladies

and pains, I’m thinking how much more

of this shit can the human race take, all

the prejudices, injustices and hate?


I sit alone now watching the CNN docu-

mentary on 1968 replay, knowing that

new ones are being produced today.

Next time I may not live to see the day.


Terrible! Goddamned terrible!


                          -30-

Chris Hanch 6-28-2020

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