I am not resigned.

September 23rd, 2008

Jafet Barrera . 1983-2008

Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
—from “Dirge Without Music” by Ednan St. Vincent Millay

I was surfing the local news link from my Yahoo! mail account. It’s really hard to follow current events, since most everything is doom, gloom, and turmoil. I clicked the link to the article about a successful prostitution sting and read it. Then a headline caught my eye about a USA student being killed in a car accident over the weekend. I’ve been out of college for nearly two years now, and most of my acquaintances have graduated as well. Still, I followed the link on the off chance that the victim was someone I had known.

It was.

I one or two graphic design classes with Jafet back in college. I just remember that he was shy and soft spoken, sweet.

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