Write About Dead Avengers

Write about dead avengers?
Jack Ruby springs to mind.
He shot a man who shot a man.
I guess they’re two of a kind.

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On this day in 1963: Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald, who killed President John F. Kennedy. And Dallas policeman J. D. Tippit. That last death is never mentioned, is it? I discovered it by accident when I Googled Jack Ruby.

The title came from a writing prompt.

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Fifty Years On

LHO
made you pay
for doing things your way.
One Shot. Two shots. A third went astray.
Brain spray. Bad day.
RIP, JFK.

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This poem was written 22/11/2013, hence the title.