Twist Of The Night

*** Drug delivery entrepreneur swerving between corruption and commerce to serve his customers, ends up as part of the new overpass. Ending inspired by The Consequences of Love ***  

Same old routine, seventh call of the night go downtown
Take in the sights of this urban decline
Flickering lights and the brickwork elides into darkness 
Violence glows in the dead amber light.

Pedal is down, and that silent black site, the target
Bullets are cheap but persuasion is free
Case of the stuff, it’s the kind you won’t find
On the market
Avenue X into Avenue Zee.

Twist of the night and a curse goodbye
Minicab swerves and the banknotes fly
Compromised cop, facing life on the rock 
Full stop.

Twist of the night and the table turns
Late in the night and the Island burns
victim is broke, and the witness who choked
Never spoke.

Anonymous tip, the warehouse is dead like pop songs
Hearing the traffic pass, high overhead
Neighbourhood burns, and a blizzard of ash is falling
Meanwhile the concrete sets hard on my legs.