11.8.25

the thick thuggish man insisted to a street reporter that in fact he wore a garment that shows hes an ICE agent

the reporter stepped backaway and asked the man to humor her Turn around and around slowly.

mockingly  the agent heldup both armstouched his fingertips together and slowly pirouetted
                                                                                                 growled joked
This must be how a ballerina feels.

Sorry.
         Left my tutu at home.

Didn’t want it crushed or soiled.


after a slow complete threesixty
                                    the reporter disagreed with the agent
she saw nothing that distinguished the man as an agent

That’s because you lack insight.  he chuckled
                                                    Yaknow.  Insight.
I don’t know.

Lemme show you.

off came the flakjacket

off came a light black cotton jacket

he stood for a moment in a white tshirt
                                            You see?

she shook her head no had no idea where this strip was going

No. snorted  How can you be a reporter and lack insight?
                                                              Awwell.  he reached backgrasped the tshirt at the shoulders and stripped it off over his head
                                                  snapped it briskly
barechested thrusted it forward towards her

    through the front of the tshirt she could makeout on its back in capitalized black blocked letters
ICE above AGENT
 
Clever, huh? You see how you lack insight for your job?
                                                            I see mine in white shining clarity.
 
Wednesday afternoon,  6  8. 25
0950,  Moanday,  11  8. 25

https://www.gq.com/story/plainclothes-ice-officers

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