A black day, a newspaper (Hartford Daily Times, Connecticut) recorded it. “Friday, the 12th day of April, 1861, will be recorded as the Black Day in the history of our Republic. United States Forts firing upon United States Forts. American citizens directing the implements of death upon American citizens. The Civil War commenced. What a shocking record! O, how long will it be before this accursed state of things shall cease to exist in the memory of the People? No man can tell.” So little they knew, and so many black days since that they form their own black list. Black ops, black sites, and Blackwater, a black hole of secrets and death and deals, giving all involved country a black eye, a history and a bitter truth that nothing will ever black out. Nothing changes this history. No Spackle, sanding, or buffing obliterates that past.
All we have is now.
sleep shattered by song
mockingbird urges, Look!
today is made new
