Yes, Bill, it's in the definitions!
Tho' I thought I recalled the Lennon thing as 'assassination' seems I
was wrong.
J
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Subject:Assassination
Different from outright murder somehow,
not the action
or the weapon even.
A status thing.
Reserved for presidents and politicians,
royalty even.
Tom Petty's dead now.
Could never have been assassinated,
even if he hadn't suffered a heart attack.
John Lennon I suppose
was,
37 years ago
but was it ever so reported?
No. Just check. Ex-Beatle
'shot dead', 'slain'.
Get run down in Nice
or blasted in Vegas, you will not
have been assassinated.
You see,
you lack
prominence.
bw
3.10.17
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