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Brooke Bennett

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Fifteen Minutes

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on July 2, 2008 - 23:22.

I knew
fifteen minutes before
the entire state and
I knew
before the whole country and
I watched
men and women I've always watched
since I was born
not understand and I
saw it in their faces
what they didn't want
to see it coming. I
knew the minute I wrote it
down, I heard
an Amber Alert for the
first time today...
and I knew
fifteen minutes
before we were able to
say it out loud. I knew
they'd found her and
I knew she wasn't alive.

It makes me sick that
I knew to expect it
even on Sunday when there was
hope.

My initial reaction to watching the press conference held this afternoon and the announcement of the discovery of Brooke Bennett's remains.

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