American History continues through the Kennedy presidency.
Turbo Charged by Michael Doyle Nixon versus Kennedy; election 1960 Workhorse versus glamor; it hits me That the sleek athleticism of the New Frontier Was as distinctive as this election year The torch had been past to a new generation Disciplined with a hard peace, holding the past with veneration Taking it on the chin as an American that fights For the success of liberty and price of human rights Calling all Americans to their duty and participation Not a Keynesian but a Mellonite in policies of taxation Contrary to the experts, this era would find prosperity Along with heading toward lunar landing for posterity Toughly negotiating the 13 day Cuban Missile Crisis The Soviets backdown on missiles they said didn't exist Two minutes to a nuclear midnight came to calculation It had a sobering effect on the USSR and our own nation Before policy could be set for the world's trouble spots JFK's thoughts were left unknown and put to a full stop As Lee Harvey Oswald shot him dead in assassination Camelot and its glamor died as sadness gripped our nation With JFK's death, gone was our flair for noble optimism An optimism given despite ample cause for his criticism It was an end of an era and death of a good friend Though he was somewhat unreliable as Civil Rights trend Martin Luther King, Jr., organized keeping pressure on Marching against segregation and from that point on With piety he pursued social change through peaceful resistance Speaking of Christian and our founding principles with persistence With all difficulty accepted, this nation would live up to its creed That all men are created equally, a message we still need Central in the all encompassing American sense of our affirmation The very essence of what we mean as our American nation Despite the stardust stance of decisive American unity This alone did not solve the issues of intolerant bigotry Lyndon Baines Johnson succeeded Kennedy on his assassination A man of great paradox who would come to lead our nation (c) April 9, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
