The Professionals: An ex-merc and an ex-copper – partners and friends as different as chalk and cheese.

Characters from "The Professionals" are the property of Mark-1 Productions Ltd. I am simply borrowing them temporarily – without fraudulent intent or anticipation of monetary gain.

Routine

By e-pony

Too many dead men,

With empty eyes,

I have seen

On dismal London streets

Or some distant, sun-seared plain.

It's just routine.

I feel no pain.

xxx

So I crack a joke

About a bloke

To make you smile.

And you laugh,

As if you've heard

My smirking voice,

Each vulgar word;

Then, pause for a while.

xxx

And it seems to me

Each bloody corpse

Leaves a stain

Of grief upon your heart –

Though it may remain unseen.

You feel the pain.

It's not routine.