Dr. Edwin E. Vineyard, Not Today, JFK</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=12.htm>Dr. Edwin E. Vineyard</a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>Not Today, JFK</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b>You'd never make it in the world today, JFK.<br>Your eloquence would not the rumors allay,<br>Nor silence the noisy din of media bray.<br>Hints of indiscretion would far outweigh<br>Courage and talents aligned in vast array.<br>You inspired a nation for a thousand days,<br>And set young minds and hearts ablaze.<br>But you'd not survive modern media's gaze,<br>Nor evade the thrust of the public's craze.<br>Deed and words earned laurels and leis,<br>But such no longer merit much appraise.<br>In your beloved country you'd be maligned,<br>And treated in ways which are most unkind.<br>In a nation's memory you're enshrined,<br>In history and hearts a place assigned.<br>Your life was a gift to all mankind,<br>But as a leader now you'd be declined.<br>These truths leave sadness and dismay,<br>That affairs of state have turned this way.<br>It causes hurt and pain just now to say,<br>Your greatness was long ago and far away;<br>You'd never make it in the world today, JFK.</b></font> </blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk3.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk3.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>