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WAS SUICIDE HIS TESTIMONY?

Vainly he reached toward the sky,

In hope of finding purer light. He was

Not aware that striving for the light would

Cause unbearable tensions and despairs. His

Endeavors tangled with thorns that

Never cared for those they speared.

Terror coursed through the White House.

For him, the innocent who could not

Overlook the stark hypocrisy of politics,

Suicide beckoned as clear as Circe’s call.

Too many failed promises bled his strength,

Ending in the final act for Hope’s* other son.

Rose’s** best left Arkansas and died too soon.

* Vincent and Bill Clinton came from Hope, Arkansas.

** Rose was the law firm they worked for in Arkansas.