Richard Hudak on Spoutible

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I was there in Central Park near the Dakota at the public memorial organized for John Lennon after he was assassinated. It was my first time in New York City alone, much less on a subway. I sneaked there from a bordering suburb without my parents’ knowledge.

“John, Let’s Hope for Peace” sign at a memorial for John Lennon, killed December 8, 1980.

08:08 AM - Dec 08, 2023

Richard Hudak

@Drwh0

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(I learned I did not die, and in the years to follow, to navigate “the City,” often alone, with a battered subway map drawn out of my backpack.) At the memorial, I snapped this on slide film with my trusty Pentax.

08:08 AM - Dec 08, 2023

Richard Hudak

@Drwh0

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I think of my friend 87maroon97 who would each year through college, anyway, write an essay about the questions posed in Lennon’s song “Happy Xmas (War is Over).” I seem neither to hear neither this song nor a cover of it this season.

08:08 AM - Dec 08, 2023

Richard Hudak

@Drwh0

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On the anniversary of the death of this “working class hero,” that, like so many other things, must change, and here I do my part. The juvenescence of the year approaches, and we must rededicate ourselves to the best of our natures.

08:08 AM - Dec 08, 2023

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