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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Language Of
Fear</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The news came
over the speaker</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">in the middle of
a spelling test.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">"President
Kennedy is dead. Let's all stand and </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">pray!"</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Doesn’t sound
very satisfying.</font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Nothing came to
me but the silent scream</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">"I'm
scared!"</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The shaking in my
legs wouldn't stop.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Fear is not
knowing or understanding. It is better to express your fear than to bear it in
silence. </font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">"Sister,
what happened?"</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">one classmate
bravely asked.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">We waited for an
answer.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">She couldn’t
give you one because there was no answer. </font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">She could only
go through a ritual, leaving more questions than answers </font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">"Sit down
and finish your test!"</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Sniffles and
whimpers cut the silence.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">There was no one
in charge and we knew it.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">That was the most
frightening thing of all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">No one in
charge. .</font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">All these years
later, no answers</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">come from the
ones in charge--</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">this President
isn't dead, but totally</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">oblivious.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Thin words are
meaninless in all the </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">hate, fury and
fear.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">I would say
that the failure of our institutions to give answers is frightening. </font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">If no one is
in charge there is no control. </font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The church is
supposed to be in charge.</font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">I'm 65 now, not
nine--</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">We are alone,</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">except for a hope
to change,</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">care and pray
knowing why.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">At 65 there
are no answers either, </font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">but we know a
little of what the prayer is for. </font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">It is a little
better that way. </font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">We can at
least hope for change. </font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Valerie Moreno,
OFS</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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