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[Mark Cecil]

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The Name is Cecil, Mark Cecil
licence to kill I boast
despite being held hostage
by Jihadists
in an unknown Islamic state
in the Middle East
MI6, the KGB and the CIA
all try to extract me from the terrorists
My girls are:
Anastasia of Russia, Britney of America
and my platonic relationship
with Miss Moneypenny of Britain
who sadly was shot during extraction
 
The Russians and Americans decided to make their moves
but I forgot the CIA’s codeword: “Helen of Troy”
at the scheduled time of extraction.
I wept bitterly for Britney,
for she was my Helen of Troy
but worse still I also forgot the KGB’s codeword as well:
“Achilles heel”
I wept again
because women are always my Achilles’ heel
 
With all attempts of extraction having failed
the Jihadists got me ready for torture
starting with the waterboard
However I managed to use my Irish powers of persuasion
to convince the Jihadists
that Mohammed and Saint Patrick where the same person.  
And that the Confessio and the Koran
were written by the same guy.
Consequently I was freed by the Islamists, 
now able to live to fight another day
and continue my career in international espionage
for the foreseeable future.

[nibbed]

The title alone made me smile.
I hope the narrator can excuse himself
for boasting despite being held hostage
because I think that is very normal to
behave weirdly when you have been
under siege for a long time. I think
they call it Stockholm Syndrome or
something like that. I have to admit I
giggled when I read "I managed to use
my Irish powers of persuasion to convince
the Jihadists" hahahaha! Have a great
day, Mark.

janine

[vagabond]

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The Name is Cecil, Mark Cecil
licence to kill I boast despite being held hostage       the font size increases, but unfortunately I don´t know why
by Jihadists
in an unknown Islamic state
in the Middle East.
MI6, the KGB and the CIA
all try to extract me from the terrorists.   
007 Girls are:
Anastasia of Russia and Britney of America
as well as his platonic relationship I think it would be better to write “my” instead of “his” and stay in the subject´s perspective

with Miss Moneypenny of Britain
who sadly was shot during extraction
 
The Russians and Americans decided to make their moves
but I forgot the CIA’s codeword: “Helen of Troy”
at the time of scheduled extraction
I wept bitterly for Britney,    nice allit.
for she was my Helen of Troy
but worse still I also forgot the KGB’s codeword as well:
“Achilles heel”
I wept again
because women were always my Achilles’ heal    is "heal" instead of "heel" intentional? if so, i don´t understand why
 
With all attempts of extraction having failed
the Jihadists got me ready for torture
beginning with some waterboarding
However I managed to use my Irish powers of persuasion    ah, now I know why there was no weeping for moneypenny
to convince the Jihadists
that Mohammed and Saint Patrick where the same person.  
And that the Confessio and the Koran
were written by the same guy.
Consequently I was freed by the Islamists
able to live to fight another day         this gives me a sense of pointlessness (as intended i´d think)
and continue my career in international espionage
for the foreseeable future.

 
it´s a gread idea, this mix of womanizer/ unrealistic hero story and of politics, the way how you state the contrasts shows how movies distract.
especially waterboarding should give chills, but is immediately dulled down by this comedy-like style.
last line is creepy again, perfect ending in my eyes.

[Mark Cecil]

Thanks for pointing those few errors Vagabond I'll edit them out.