Notorious

Rio is moonlight
and marble mansions

a b&w postcard 
shot day for night

more Florida 
than Florida.

An ex-nazi marries 
an ex-lover,

ideology reduced
to men in suits

discussing plans
in drawing rooms.

But love remains
the true motivator

that turns the key
to the wine cellar

and flicks a quick 
kiss between spies

to fool the villain who
still lives with mother

and who's committed 
the sole indiscretion

of falling in love
and so must die.

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