This 1988 poem is titled "A Crime Revisited" by Mark Brookshire. It is about Dallas' response to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and how Dallas responded and was percieved for decades afterwards. The poem reads:"He came to this city amid much apprehension and applause,But with time Dallas had come to respect its new champion to the cause.To show this new respect they appeared that day in mass,To welcome the new frontier and its leader, their representative of every religion, color and class.Yet on this very day the menace to civilized man, the ugly assassin lay in wait,Soon to dash the hopes of millions in a fickle instant of hate.With the plottings of man and the ensuing violence,Dallas was quickly shamed into an embarassed silence.Helped along by the media and its petulant persecution,We were forced to endure the guilty verdict by some vague prosecution.For more than two decades Dallas has sought forgiveness, never pity.Is that too much to ask for a people and their city?The time has come for this metropolis to climb up from its painful descent,And forgive itself as an unfortuante, yet random setting for such a tragic event.The human frailties exposed that dreadful November,Lest we'll forget we will always remember.As for the future our faith in our principles we must fully entrust,For the acts of a savage few will never indict the good nor punish the just.- Mark Brookshire"