He approaches the motorcade
palms sweating
heartbeat thumping
lungs burning
legs bucking
Hidden in the side pocket
a gun
cold to the touch
hard to keep a grip
with a sweaty hand
and shaking arm
No stopping now
remember their faces
taken from the village
to the freshly dug pit on the hill near that stream
where they spent mornings collected carp
trying their best to wash the taste of mud out of them
to became a meal that was eaten by the warmth of smiles and a candle
Bodyguards see him
too late to stop it all
the first bullet hits between the eyes
the next four where the head just was
another in the woman’s chest
the next he puts through the roof of his own mouth
and as the drench of bloodied brain and bone fragments come to rest
the yelling and screaming begins
There were many things that changed that day
alliances shifted and rhetoric refined
and to a handful of Deutsches Reich leadership
in which a secret was known and kept
a quandary that persisted for decades
why was the gun engraved along the side
Made in Israel
It kept me going!
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Cheers Tilly – that is exactly what I was trying to do with this one.
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amazing tale. I can see the pictures in my mind. wow.
Thank you for your kind words – SG.
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It is still happening, this. You carried the flow very well. We felt spell-bound right through until the end. Brilliant take!
Hank
http://swiftletz.blogspot.com/2010/11/im-at-odds.html
Cheers Hank, great to hear from you – SG.
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Wow I guess assassination is a Major Quandary! I really enjoyed the intensity of this it caught my attention right away!
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That is great to hear Amanda, and it is a style that I really enjoy writing to.
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An excellent write.
Pamela
Cheers Pamela – SG.
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excellent, both the imagery and the powerful ending
Thanks Rene, that is great to hear – SG.
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This was excellently done. A thriller.
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Thanks Anthony, was always happy with this one and would like to explore some of the missing pieces one day.
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What a story! So vividly written.
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I enjoyed this one too and the ending is great.
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Yeah this one seemed to come together a bit easier than some others. Glad you liked it.
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Great story Shane. I actually read this a few days ago and for some reason was thinking about it so found it and read it again. The way you put that together was well done, and you made me think which doesnt happen to often.
Bye
Doug
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Thanks Doug. I was happy with the way this one came out. Keep reading and maybe you will like the next one also 🙂
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