Alan Summers
The Nine Assassins
The first assassin juggles TikTok losing friends in Venice through Dogecoin
The second assassin called Miró narrowly avoids an anti-painting crisis
The third assassin toys online with OkCupid blinded with love
Amy, the go-to Smile4u influencer, designed by Heckler & Koch, pouts in silhouette
Another merc dreams of hilltop and lonely assignations writing limericks to killer drones
The sixth assassin learns new alpha-numeric passwords to forget illiquid assets
The seventh assassin, ex-Special Forces, navigates glamping sites hunting bedbugs.
Another assassin just forgot the new number one rule.
the shrike under a lowering moon lines up
About the Author
UK-based, Japan Times award–winning writer Alan Summers hangs out at coffee bars more than notorious places of yesteryear. You can catch several of his haibun in the ground-breaking Journeys 2015: An Anthology of International Haibun by Dr. Angelee Deodhar.
The Nine Assasins is a fresh and creative haibun and then to end with the Shrike haiku strikes again.
Thank you!
The 9th assassin is indeed a terrifying bird, never cross one!
Alan
Brilliant, Alan! The bedbug-hunting assassin in glamping sites made me smile.
marion
I recall a lot of news media around bedbugs being carried on suitcases around the world, and many assassins travel light, unsuspecting, until now.
Thanks for the laugh. Enjoyed this.
Many thanks for your comment, and getting you to laugh.
Of course not all assassins are workaholics although job opportunities abound.
Did you know that a number of classic Hollywood actors were assassins during WWII, by the way? Basil Rathbone, Christopher Lee, David Niven, and quite a few others.
You never know who you are really talking to, especially nowadays. (smiles)
warm regards,
Alan