Life Magazine, 1966
The major stories, “Will he dare run in ’68?” and “How will he handle power?” Robert Kennedy’s hands are frozen in time almost touching each other in mid-clap. His blue eyes have turned gray in black and white and stare off to his right away from the articles being advertised. The right side of the photograph is blushed dark. His lips are firm and straight as if they just uncurled from a smile. Behind him is a large headshot of his brother one eye facing the camera.
I found this magazine in an antique store with other old crumpled ones. The price on the bottom right says 35 cents. I pay $25 dollars for it. The frail old lady with raggedy hair at the counter says, “Oh, wasn’t he great?” She says it like I’m old enough to have remembered. My mother wouldn’t even remember. I smile, “Yes he was.”
I found this magazine in an antique store with other old crumpled ones. The price on the bottom right says 35 cents. I pay $25 dollars for it. The frail old lady with raggedy hair at the counter says, “Oh, wasn’t he great?” She says it like I’m old enough to have remembered. My mother wouldn’t even remember. I smile, “Yes he was.”