Robert Kennedy Poem by Richard Jarboe

IT TAKES PERFECT PLANNING AND A WELL REHEARSED
TEAM,
AND TIRELESS TRAINING FOR THE OPERATION,
YOU NEED PRESS PASSES TO ACCESS THE SCENE.
AND SOME 'LOOK-ALIKES' FOR FURTHER DISTRACTION.

YOU NEED ASSASSINS AT EVERY EXIT AND ENTRANCE,
UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION,
And YOU'RE GOING TO NEED SOMEONE ON THE FIRE ESCAPE,
All of whom must must MASK their INTENTION.

YOU NEED MULTIPLE GUNMAN
WITH HANDS QUICKER THAN EYES,
WORKING EVERY ANGEL FOR the SIGHT LINES,
AND necessary ELEMENTs OF SURPRISE.

You need to control the investigation,
Including the cops, sheriff, and DA,
You need to control the Defense team,
So the patsy's found guilty at the of the charade.

You need a co ordinator to keep it under control,
An 'Activist of Secrets' forever untold,
Terrible mistakes are not an option,
If you want to kill a young man before he gets old.

Once the shooting starts it gets pretty loud,
To pull it off you'll need a treasure chest,
And you need pretty women to catch the eye of the crowd,
And a sympathetic media to clean up the mess.

The focus of what happens gets lost in confusion,
Once bullets and blanks prevail,
Who's who becomes an illusion,
And only the patsy is going to jail.