Mission.
The presence of detachment,
running risks
simple, still-fearful
Goes with luggage, name and glasses
To distinguish the man from his burdens
The weight, the terrors and calculations
[the rain, the café, the headlines]
The need for concealment
Loaded gun
In and out, under cover
Comes with passports, tickets and raincoat
To understand the man without indentity
The weight, the terrors and calculations
[the rain, the café, the headlines]
Surviving is a notable chilly artifice,
teasing back-view half-display,
that will not show the man who is not there
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