War and Peace in Lynn
It's been a while since I've blogged. I meant to write something about the Highland's Coaltion Peace March in October , but never got around to it. I was proud to be there though. Here are some pictures from the event. For more information see Highlands Coalition Peace March Follow-up. You can also visit the Highland's Coalition blog to see what else they've been up to.
As I walked along Lynn beach the other day, I imagined myself a reporter, but not the kind the reports for the Lynn Item of Boston Globe. I imagined myself a Zen reporter, describing my moment by moment experience of this beautiful beach. But then the "real" news intruded in the form of thoughts about the recent death of a young man I did not know who was shot while he stood on his porch on Olive St. The poem doesn't rhyme all that well, but I was inspired to write this:
The RedRock Observer
The dawn grew bright on Red Rock Beach Nahant was in a fog. The top of Egg Rock hovered over the ocean The waves made waves upon the sand... Wait one minute This just in Man gunned down on porch in Lynn. Some say he was in a gang Now trying to make amends. Others said he got what was coming to him He deserves to be dead. Why does it have to be either/or? in black and white the paper read The waves crash in And drain back out Streams cut canyons in the sand A gull questions my presence Plovers scamper away... Wait one minute This just in Woman knifed by man in Lynn.- Tom S's blog
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