with a drillbit shutter

a bulletproof vest

not penetrated

Aint takin my life today

No thing penetrates me

CRASH

        clatter

the rounds dropoff like rainwater

                                    scatter around

his boots

Not today assassin

gamed au-dela 

                beyond

hereafter  the next world life after death

                                         which is not a thing

faced them down with wit an brio

                                   might strength

inspired

spirited

woven

bound

in vested

the sudden utter brisance denied enthralled excited him

                                                           whawoudhavebeen  the shattering effect of softnose bullets

  suffered

            shed

Not today

Not this day

               assassin

believe April, 2004

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