The Hooded Assassin Annotation

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*a frosty drizzle on Orient and Kennedy, New Jersey* Bullets ring out into a distant fog. Every hood has stories. Fact for fantasy, the poet's license creates annals in time. Every stroke of the pen, another soul born. Universes surge through inter dimensional space, pulsating within microcosmic precision. I see the Earth. A human goes by. By focus of my mind, I glimpse his shadowy figure. Military tactical down to the kevlar vest, black cargo pants tucked loose into no tread combat boots, and google glass shades; decoding the entire street, he looks around to browse for witnesses. A shotgun barks in the distance. Snapping into his draw, the hooded assassin readies his sidearm. Laser sights thumb through fog with patience. Two surgical shots,

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