Sense Sonnet - Acher

Post Abe

President Lincoln shot and killed,
Not just by one man but by all
Whose rebel hearts and minds were filled
With disloyalty to appall,
"Loyal" news media so wrote,
Calling into question the will
Of the President to devote
A healing mercy to instill.
News media spread far and wide
Opinion that it was Divine -
Assassination to decide,
Punish the South was the design.

Vengeance by news media spread,
The hopes of Lincoln had gone dead.