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JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

0 posted 2012-07-09 08:51 PM


Staying Alive

I was told to go to Tokyo,
It would be a routine hit,
a woman that had been placed
on a high priority list.
Seems this woman in Japan
had been designated to die
by the violence of my hand.
Just one well placed punch
to her throat and her life
will be totally terminated.
No more words, no more sighs,
no more kisses, no time to cry,
and I was fine with this situation.
I had never failed to make a hit
in twenty years at my occupation.
Soon a package was delivered
to the privacy of my hotel room.
There were no recordings
saying this is your mission
no words asking for my permission,
inside a brown paper envelope
there was a picture of the woman
that I had been missing.
Yes it was the very same woman
that left me over one year ago.
Yes the one that I love,
yes the one I never wanted to go.
So now within the next 48 hours
I'm expected to end her life,
but I have other plans for her,
I will help her begin a new life.
I know a place thats safe and far away,
a secret hideaway in Asia
where we can share our days.
Now our location I must conceal
but these few words I will reveal,
we are together and we are far away
and we are alive to live another day.

JamesLee
09July
2012







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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
1 posted 2012-07-09 09:56 PM


Be very careful of the karma, James. No your usual poetry offering to the Blue Room, I think it is great to expand you horizons.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14
Posts 2000
California U.S.A
2 posted 2012-07-10 01:01 AM


Cool story, enjoyed.
Ms. E

Startime1955
Senior Member
since 2012-04-22
Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada
3 posted 2012-07-10 10:46 PM


Stunning story...I love the ending...*BIG HUGS*

*may our dreams ever be magical*

Zinsser
Senior Member
since 2001-02-27
Posts 1641
Calif.
4 posted 2012-07-15 11:10 PM


sounds like a movie to me!!!!  would be cool

           Thank You
         ~~~Connie~~~

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825
by the sea
5 posted 2012-07-16 02:16 AM


powerful and well balanced story, is love made to kill others ? thanks james

yann

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