BILL'S KNOWN FACTS 1997.

BILL'S KNOWN FACTS 1997.

A Poem by Terry Collett
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AN OLD AGENT RECALLS ASPECTS OF HIS LIFE.

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Bill knew the facts;
He lies abed.

Lifts up his eyes
to the shadeless
naked light bulb.

The Bay of Pigs,
that fiasco in 61.

Kennedy was fucked;
Castro survived.

The Agency
out to get him:
Pres JFK,
not Castro yet.

Conspiracy
they call it now.

A turkey shoot,
to take him out.

Bill had met him
in the White House,
good looking dude,
had talked briefly.

22nd
of November
year 63.

Bill lies smoking.

Framed Lee Oswald,
the patsy, then
taken him out.

Bill sighs out smoke:
Warren report
a damned whitewash.

Cover up their
collective a*s.

Bill was young then,
a young green horn.

Then came black ops:
Other places,
other people.

Those arranged deaths,
those “suicides”,
set up protests
in foreign fields,
regime changes.  

Bill recalls now
that darn agent
in East Berlin.

Held her down firm
in the washhouse.

That spy in Rome
who had a fall
Bill had arranged.

Time past time gone.

Bill watches smoke
Grey white twisting
on the ceiling.

Long ago now.

Little conscience;
Little feeling.

© 2017 Terry Collett


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These guys absolve themselves - it was all done to keep the free world free. The other side of the coin - to lift the yokes of capitalism from the worker.
Those recruited had a special set of skills (feck me I'm quoting Liam Neeson now ...lol) - in that they had no hearts only ambition.
Michael Caine would not be lying here like this but maybe his mate Colonel Ross would.

Love this one Tel !

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1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Terry Collett

7 Years Ago

Thank you, Tony.



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These guys absolve themselves - it was all done to keep the free world free. The other side of the coin - to lift the yokes of capitalism from the worker.
Those recruited had a special set of skills (feck me I'm quoting Liam Neeson now ...lol) - in that they had no hearts only ambition.
Michael Caine would not be lying here like this but maybe his mate Colonel Ross would.

Love this one Tel !

Posted 7 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Terry Collett

7 Years Ago

Thank you, Tony.

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Added on January 24, 2017
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Tags: AGENT, LIFE, JFK, BLACK OPS

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Terry Collett
Terry Collett

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Terry Collett has been writing since 1971 and published on and off since 1972. He has written poems, plays, and short stories. He is married with eight children and eight grandchildren. on January 27t.. more..

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