Michael Ceraolo writes

July 28, 1881

Garfield:

A few years ago on this date 

the doctor’s examination showed 

the incision was healed,

the muscle nearly so,

                                   and 

the ulceration reduced considerably

 

I am hoping for similar results

from today’s examination

Guiteau:

A few years ago I was unknown, 

through no fault of my own; 

I had not yet discovered 

God’s purpose for me

 

[Michael has composed "Eighty Days," dramatic monologues for each day from July 2, 1881 through September 19, 1881 (from the day president James Garfield was shot until the day he died).]

Michael Ceraolo writes

July 27, 1881

Garfield:

“The world’s history is a poem,

                                                 of which 

the history of every nation is a canto, 

and every man a word”

Guiteau:

“You have kindly sent me  

a special reporter

I have dictated to him my life

It will be copyrighted and published . . .

by some first-class publishing house  

in New York or Boston

This will be one of my contributions 

to our nation’s canto"

 

How to Become an Idol -- Frederick Burr Opper

[Michael has composed "Eighty Days," dramatic monologues for each day from July 2, 1881 through September 19, 1881 (from the day president James Garfield was shot until the day he died).]