Hello everybody!This lazy August morning I emerged from my cave to see a kitten chasing its' tail and two airliners gliding through the clouds.The morning news reported that Senator Edward Kennedy had died .I remembered watching a Presidential motorcade of his brother,John F. Kennedy, driving past my elementary school in Philadelphia, PA in the 1960s.
I recalled shaking his brother's (Robert F. Kennedy) hand when I met him in New York City in the same decade. I never met Senator Edward Kennedy.But somehow I felt close to him.
As a fictional hoboclown,I believe that the spirits of some people who die get transformed into stars in the heavens. As a fictional character I can imagine and dance about a world, the likes of which real people have never seen!
As a young hoboclown I remember the stories about our ancient parents, who navigated their
travel routes on land and sea by the position of the stars.Now, air travel and space travel navigation take into account the position of the heavenly stars.I can almost hear the sailors
yelling to steer port-side or starboard to avoid a hazard,a tempest or a sea monster or
to find a lost legendary island or buried pirate's treasure.I can almost hear the warnings to
turn the bow around to avoid sailing off the edge of the world.The sailors and other great travelers (land,sea and air) studied the stars to guide them safely through their journeys.
What a great and appropriate place for Senator Edward Kennedy to be - a new star amongst a
constellation of greatness that preceded him. I imagine the Stars to be legendary beacons
of transformed lives that traversed the earth, made mistakes and yet great strides among mortal men and now guide us all along our paths of destiny ! Shine on Senator Edward Kennedy
1932-2009 . You are now a beacon to be well-studied!
I recalled shaking his brother's (Robert F. Kennedy) hand when I met him in New York City in the same decade. I never met Senator Edward Kennedy.But somehow I felt close to him.
As a fictional hoboclown,I believe that the spirits of some people who die get transformed into stars in the heavens. As a fictional character I can imagine and dance about a world, the likes of which real people have never seen!
As a young hoboclown I remember the stories about our ancient parents, who navigated their
travel routes on land and sea by the position of the stars.Now, air travel and space travel navigation take into account the position of the heavenly stars.I can almost hear the sailors
yelling to steer port-side or starboard to avoid a hazard,a tempest or a sea monster or
to find a lost legendary island or buried pirate's treasure.I can almost hear the warnings to
turn the bow around to avoid sailing off the edge of the world.The sailors and other great travelers (land,sea and air) studied the stars to guide them safely through their journeys.
What a great and appropriate place for Senator Edward Kennedy to be - a new star amongst a
constellation of greatness that preceded him. I imagine the Stars to be legendary beacons
of transformed lives that traversed the earth, made mistakes and yet great strides among mortal men and now guide us all along our paths of destiny ! Shine on Senator Edward Kennedy
1932-2009 . You are now a beacon to be well-studied!
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