fo r w ho can res ist the sto ri es? Farouk unve ils lowdown
o n the local dru glo rd
wars: U . S. Marin es, do n' t I know,
first introduced
hard d rugs to G renada : Yankee veteran dope pushers
set up the networks -
thriving business ever since. Kingp ins kill one another
o ff, every few month s, in battl e
fo r the best turfs. And when th ey ge t itchy
j o usting fo r power,
we lay 10lll
hopin,R to sla y
alit oj
cros~ftres.
JIIS'
dis Iveek , dllh hea t
'5
all . So
till,~s
be comill '
10
a boil!
Doo rs fl y open . I stop w riting,
fo ld my no tepad .
Ex-minister o f Finance Gascoyne fumes alco ho l
and spitfire cusswo rds,
bull-ruttish in fu ry, fo r I'd spurn ed his thi ck-to ngued
slurpy rambl es, ho urs bac k. No mercy.
No fo rgiving my insult. H e po ints a shaky
fin ge r down at me, sea ted th ere:
it is
I ,
nOll e
o th er, wh o be th e acc ursed nemes is he' d warn ed them abo ut.
Better hold YOllr IOIl,Rll es,
says he, crab-pince ring his thumb
and fo refinge r
tongs at each wo uld-be info rmer mo uth , much as if
he' d twi st and ya nk out
any mo ist member lea king State Secrets to o ne such as me:
a dange ro us spy, he' d have them know,
I'll se ll th eir sto ri es fo r bi g bucks (no fee,
no concessio ns fo r them) to smut
mags o f H o ll ywood.
Or
wo rse, I may sti ck them in my own books; he's read th em
all , pac ks of li es, no truth
in any page ... A new tac k, I wo rk
fo r po li ce spy
enclave, so I'll brin g C IA lawmen down o n th eir necks.
No one pays him mind ,
