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Of all the sneezes in history that must have gone down
There is one sneeze - UNsneezed - whose effect was profound
Martin Luther King was signing books in NYC
in 1958, when a mentally ill lady
named Izola Curry - unexpectedly -
stabbed him with a letter opener in the chest
He was 29 years old, just getting his start
when the 7 inch blade barely missed his heart
It stayed there in his chest - while he waited for the ambulance
It stayed there for hours - til doctors had a chance
to save him from the danger he was in
IMAGINE!
A tickle ... an itch ... a teensy weensy wheeze
A twitch in his nose which caused him to sneeze
with that letter opener lodged against his heart beating
Had he sneezed on September 20, 1958
He would never have DREAMED in his 1963 speech
And what would the world be without that dream?
Without his words of hope and possibility?
Seriously-
where in the world would we be
without the epic UNsneeze of Martin Luther King?
