They will always murder

an honourable man, or at least

they will try.

 

They couldn’t get anywhere with making

Him look a fool, dress him up

in the tabloids as a traitor

to the cause, a danger

to the people and yet,

with knife in back, with

the blood pouring from the wounds

caused by his friends and the severing

of ties from his enemies,

the intended murder victim

rises clean and vindicated,

some will cry foul,

some will howl and call it a disaster

yet despite the bullet holes and the smoking

gun, he stands erect and proud;

the intended murder victim

looks into the eyes of the killer

and smiles.

 

Ian D. Hall 2016