Jumping the gun

… The distraught theatre-goer stood up

in Ford’s theater & solemnly exclaimed,

“… And now he belongs to the ages.”

Then he glanced up to the balcony

to see President Lincoln still sitting there,

watching the play.

Said the gentleman,

quickly sitting back down,

“I came all the way from the future to say that, and I blew it!”                


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