The Adventure

She said she’d only be gone for a week,

I saw her off in the car,

‘It’s not that long,’ she began to speak,

‘It’s not that I’m going far,’

So I waved goodbye and I turned to go,

I wish I could live it again,

For that was the last I saw of Flo

I’m missing her so, Amen.

Her mother phoned on the following day,

‘What have you done with Flo?

She said we’d meet in the market place,

Did she even set out to go?’

I said she had on the previous day,

‘Is she really not there?’ I said,

And then my mind kept racing away,

I thought that she might be dead.

I called the police and the hospital,

And even the Fire Brigade,

No-one had ever heard of her

Or knew where she might have stayed,

Then I saw a clip on the news that night

She was walking along in the rain,

They were filming down at the station as

She was boarding the Melbourne train.

A week went by and I heard no more,

I thought that she might have phoned,

I saw her brother and sister too,

‘I think that she’s left,’ I moaned.

‘They hadn’t heard, not a single word,

Since that man in an overcoat

Had called in, said he was looking for her,

And left her a simple note.

‘Catch the plane at Tullamarine,

I’ll meet you in Istanbul, 

Pick up the pack from the man in green,

Make sure that the pack is full.’

‘I thought you were going on holiday,’

Her brother had said to my face,

I said I didn’t know where she was

She’d gone, with never a trace.

The bomb in the old Ramada Hotel

Went off, I saw on the news

The old city part of Istanbul,

They published a set of views,

And Flo was running from smoke and flames,

I saw her, clear as a bell,

And right behind was a man in green

In front of the old hotel.

They said a woman with auburn hair

Had dropped a pack at the desk,

And then had run, she carried a gun,

Was currently under arrest.

The following day, she got away,

Squeezed out through the window bars,

Then jumped in a waiting limousine,

One of the Russian cars.

I heard she went to Saint Petersburg,

Had asked for asylum there,

They’d said, ‘No way,’ that she couldn’t stay,

She replied, ‘It isn’t fair!’

Nobody wanted to charge her so

They flew her on out to Wales,

And that’s when I met her in Cardiff

Where we sat, with a couple of ales.

She said she had won an adventure

All hush hush, in an online quiz,

But had to deliver a package first,

‘I should have asked what it is.’

She said she was sorry not telling me,

I reached out and held her hand,

‘Where did you think you were going then?’

She said, ‘to Disneyland!’

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

A very interesting tale my friend. I liked the set-up and the surprise ending. I liked this one. Some woman can surprise us my friend. Thank you David for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[TPK Stories]

Quite an adventure David...loved it...

[Tony Jordan]

I thought the white coat dude had taken her away to a rubber room David.
This had the intrigue and thrill of a Bond scene.
I love how your mind works and how you manage to capture that feeling for the readers.
Thank you.

[Avinash]

This tale of adventure kept us at the edge of seat while reading. Every line was a new revelation. The contemporary politics only ads to this adventure.