I Shot Another Officer From The Watchtower [To Escalate Our Courtship]

by Paul Tristram / June 13th, 2021

We had picnicked first of all
… caviar and pâté
with tinned mandarins
and a bottle of champagne
… confiscated yesterday
from a wealthy Banker.
We stood up from the rug,
both stretched, contentedly,
before walking to the rail
and my waiting rifle.
I half-smoked a cigarette,
making her giggle sweetly
as I blew smoke-rings
in her beautiful direction.
Then, spinning, with speed
… I shouldered the gun,
twisting the barrel,
with deadly expertise,
into the Target’s pathway…
yelling “Binoculars Now!”
… I scoped, and FIRED.
She screamed “Oh my God,
you got him right in the face
… I actually saw his jaw
and teeth EXPLODING!”
Lowering my weapon
… she leapt into my arms,
and whispered, teasingly
“I’m almost in love with you.”

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since.  His novel ‘Crazy Like Emotion’ is available to purchase right here . Also his collection of shorter fiction Kicking Back Drunk ‘Round The Candletree Graves' is available to purchase at https://bookgoodies.com/a/B0DFMTSR4F Both books are published by Close To The Bone Publishing. Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, June 13th, 2021 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.