Journal IN CODE ~ Part I
JOURNAL
Fingers, a faint candescent blur across Qwerty
Eyes reading broken down defences
The right hand moves to the kill
Slowly up the stairway
Blackened figures
Night vision
Cameras feed Intel
Heat, shape, body fluid
... to the kill
Door bursts open
Bullet…
lethal,
seismic,
silent
Central nerve severed
Brain disconnect!
Signal lost.
Hacker-Blackmailers freeze
Ominous rectangular message
Pulsating
In Code
An onlooker would see
meaningless symbols
Hyper-intelligence of the hacker-blackmailer
sees instantly
in the most profound of linguistics
In Code
The worst chill of all.
We know where you are.
We arrive when you least expect us
This is no negotation.
You have nothing we want.
We will, though, sever your nerve
Painless, instant, permanent.
Have no fear.
You are watching us.
Yes. You are.
You are watching us
watching you
for a very long time now.
It matters not where you are.
We have your coordinates.
11 April 2023
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© 2023 Kenneth Thomas Webb
Ken Webb is a writer and proofreader. His website, kennwebb.com, showcases his work as a writer, blogger and podcaster, resting on his successive careers as a police officer, progressing to a junior lawyer in succession and trusts as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, a retired officer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and latterly, for three years, the owner and editor of two lifestyle magazines in Liverpool.
He also just handed over a successful two year chairmanship in Gloucestershire with Cheltenham Regency Probus.
Pandemic aside, he spends his time equally between his city, Liverpool, and the county of his birth, Gloucestershire.
In this fast-paced present age, proof-reading is essential. And this skill also occasionally leads to copy-editing writers’ manuscripts for submission to publishers and also student and post graduate dissertations.
