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…

 

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