Savour that this is one of those signs that we live in a good world. A less good place would have run over the swan and we wouldn't have noticed our loss.

What i found strange in the report was the statement that computer analysis showed that the way one of three men were walking indicated he was carrying a weapon. No one's eye could see it. They also said that the individual in question had left the scene before the shooting.

A stansa from 'Some mother's son' by Carolyn Dawn Johnson: Freedom needs a soldier That nameless, faceless one A young girl's lover A baby's father Some mother's son