The dream of Camelot did not perish

with his last breath on a Dallas highway,

Her shoulders buried deep, heaving,

unexplainable death, visionary now defeated.

The dream of Camelot did not perish

as he lied about Watergate,

as he sweated on stage under lights,

under oath then pardoned.

The dream of Camelot did not perish

as bullets rang out in a hotel,

nor in the air as a man took

in the scene on the balcony.

The dream of Camelot did not perish

at the base of Twin Tower destruction,