now that I’m old enough,
to see and recognize
important,
historical,
events
they just seem
to keep coming
and coming
and
coming
tonight,
Osama is dead
the boogey man
the terrorist patriarch
the killer
the mass-murderer
the second ******
the king of thieves
the bearded Beelzebub
the destroyer of worlds
the colossal nature of
this moment hits me like
a truck
it is a victory
it is a turning point
it is a momentous
event
I cannot fathom it
this is the start of a new era
a dawn of a new age
in this moment
I hope the world celebrates
but I warn you,
it’s not over
yet
May 1, 2011
May 1, 2011 at 7:49 PM UTC
now that I’m old enough,
to see and recognize
important,
historical,
events
they just seem
to keep coming
and coming
and
coming
tonight,
Osama is dead
the boogey man
the terrorist patriarch
the killer
the mass-murderer
the second ******
the king of thieves
the bearded Beelzebub
the destroyer of worlds
the colossal nature of
this moment hits me like
a truck
it is a victory
it is a turning point
it is a momentous
event
I cannot fathom it
this is the start of a new era
a dawn of a new age
in this moment
I hope the world celebrates
but I warn you,
it’s not over
yet
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