The getaway car parked in the narrow street behind the hotel
has a key under the floor mat
I have disabled the security camera at the back entrance
Except for the cooks, most of the staff and guests
will have gathered in the lobby for a glimpse
of the great man waving at them as he stands
protected in the back seat of the Mercedes
midway through the motorcade winding
through the plaza as it heads to the stadium
The weapon has been previously assembled, hidden
under the bed after security swept the room
during the time I hid myself in the ceiling
rehearsing my escape route as the assassin in me
has been drilled to do in those days in the Cambodian jungle
The poison pill sits between left gum and jaw
The Mercedes now approaches and I focus the target
in the crosshairs and the great man waves and my finger
and my mind calmly await the exact millisecond of…
The getaway car parked in the narrow street behind the hotel
has a key under the floor mat
I have disabled the security camera at the back entrance…