Evening sortie upon sobriety –
a second glass of reconnaissance.
Behind the lines,
ciphers discreetly packed
and dispatched.
One if by land
Two if by sea
Three if by wine
Four, whiskey.
Slapdash dossiers: equal parts
smoke and mimeography.
Lost reams of
loose leaf entries.
Drifting on to oblivion
via forgotten cities.
Tinker, tailor, solider, try
to hide within this thin disguise.
Tradecraft untrained, improvised.
Product acquired
by luck or lie.
Lost reams of
loose leaf entries.
Drifting on to oblivion
via forgotten cities.
Inscrutable and incomplete –
Drifting on to oblivion
via forgotten cities.
And the blood runs cold
as the line goes dead.
The network exposed
and all the codes broken.
Lost reams of
loose leaf entries.
Drifting on to oblivion
via forgotten cities.
Inscrutable and incomplete –
Drifting on to oblivion
via forgotten cities.
Drifting on to oblivion
via forgotten cities.
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