Dominic Doyle

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“Si vis pacem, para bellum” by Dominic Doyle

Submitted to Contest #26

Between the lights of distant street lamps, I write among the trash, the scum of the beer quivers in my glass , as I recount the touches of my fingers on this narrative. All the while the house band bounces off the walls out the door, down to the harbor. I nod to Freddie as if to say "Si vis pacem, para bellum" as he starts his solo. Thus the pebble is cast into the pond of eyes.  So here I am looking at the city map again: Three streets west, and 2 down. I heard they need more heads, but they can't pay much more than 3 cockta...

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