Baghdad After Dark

I look to my left....over my shoulder

I look to my right....behind my back

Thinking I am safe I venture out

from the security of my guarded position

located directly behind the imposters

who have been following me

for these last few miserable days

Smelling nothing in the brisk night air

apart from some stale donuts and cold coffee

left sitting on the uninhabited outside table

of a closed dinner.... my mind

empty of all nourishment looks for a Cop

My appetite speaks to me repeatedly

in words I can understand 'Feed me', it says,

'My soul is empty and the acid

is eating away at my ironclad stomach'

I used to have the guts for all this killing

but of late it has lost a lot of the thrill

It must be some sort of revelation+



2007ŠTed Sheridan

Ted Sheridan

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