First Line: SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1969, MANSON Last Line: THEN I READ THE HEADLINE AS MY EYES ADJUSTED TO THE SUN Subject(s): POPULAR CULTURE - UNITED STATES;
Poem Sources:
REAL THINGS; AN ANTHOLOGY OF POPULAR CULTURE IN AMERICAN POETRY. EDITED BY JIM ELLEDGE AND SUSAN SWARTWOUT. ELLEDGE, JIM (ED.) (1999)