We were secret agents<\/p>\n
Napoleon Solo and James Bond<\/p>\n
on bikes<\/p>\n
cousin Bob and I hunkered down<\/p>\n
the New York and Pittsburgh joint forces<\/p>\n
we scribbled in notebooks<\/p>\n
diagrams of ballpoint pens with retractable poison needles<\/p>\n
cameras tied to helium balloons for surveillance<\/p>\n
we roamed on foot the neighborhood<\/p>\n
in Zelienople, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n
late evening shadows<\/p>\n
brimming with threat<\/p>\n
cutting through yards<\/p>\n
avoiding contact<\/p>\n
when an assassin’s car<\/p>\n
approached we’d dive<\/p>\n
with abandon behind hedges<\/p>\n
when lights came on in houses<\/p>\n
we’d race away with renewed<\/p>\n
urgency<\/p>\n
do not be alarmed ma’am<\/p>\n
protecting the free world<\/p>\n
we hadn’t planned on<\/p>\n
the cops<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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