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Aug 24, 2024

Here’s a passage from “Silent Hostage”:

Verse 8
Under the flickering lights, my heart nervously races
Let’s play cat and mouse, caught up in the chase.
I step to the front, with a mask pulled low
Empty the register, and make it quick, let’s go,
A bottle falls and shatters, while time stands still.
Fragments of broken pieces, a rush of cold thrill.
In everyone’s shock, the tension feels tight,
As I grasp for the cash, yearn for northern lights

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Verse 10
I blindfold the moon and bind her to a chair
In the stillness of night, I whisper in her ear
Her mouth is covered with a soft cloth,
I keep you on hold, where silence feels wrong
I hope you’ll wait till the act has drawn to a close
In this waiting loop, where patience paces slow

Outro
Here I stand, with a notebook in my pocket,
I stole the moon and put it in a locker.
Wanted by misfortune. …and sorrow
Stalked by black clouds. I’m a thief that just borrows.

This is how I would continue the story:

I’ve got a moon in my trunk and a sports bag. The gagged moon beside it is a silent witness to the crime. I give you my number, and we meet for a handover. But I don’t want the money; I just want you