John (Jock) Peterson <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was born in Aberdeen <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But had lived in Berkhamstead<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since he was three <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After leaving college <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He travelled for a while <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before working in a car showroom <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Harrow on the Hill <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was here that he met Sylvie <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With whom he had a brief relationship<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One day after they had had sex<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sylvie confessed that she was sleeping <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the owner of the car showroom<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who was not treating her well <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indeed he was quite brutal at times<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Insisting that she dressed as a boy <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before he anally penetrated her <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was unable to walk away <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As he was blackmailing her father<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who gave him large sums of money <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As he had been involved in something unpleasant <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which if revealed would ruin her father <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was during this conversation <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That night John decided to kill his boss<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was easier than he thought <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As he soon learned that being a homosexual <\/p>\n\n\n\n
His boss was known to cruise in a Wembley Park <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So he waited for Sylvie
To take her annual holiday abroad<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And therefore be above suspicion <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack when it happened was short and brutal <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A stolen hammer was used <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which he disposed of in the River Brent <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a while the murder was front page news <\/p>\n\n\n\n
John was interviewed by the police <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As all the car room employees were <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zardoz <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He noted that at the time of the murder <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was in a Harrow cinema <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slightly the worse for wear <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was vaguely remembered <\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the girl front of house <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything was in order <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And very ordinary <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sylvie was interviewed on her return <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But was never under suspicion <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be truthful the police soon lost interest <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As many of them thought that the victim <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was asking for it because of his perverted lifestyle <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their attention was further distracted five years later <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When a homosexual was beaten to death in his flat in Pinner <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The connected the two murders but had no real evidence <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sylvie was the only one to guess the truth <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And confronted John on a railway station <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where he admitted that he was guilty <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She squeezed his hand and thanked him quietly <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They never saw each other again <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both faded into history <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the murder now long forgotten<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still remains cold case unsolved
Joe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you think that I will make a crime writer <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wrote this some weeks ago <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Josie apologises for using your minimalist style <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I found it in my bag the other day <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fuck knows why I kept it in there <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shall I bin it or keep it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your thoughts <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On a train in an hour <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three girls are going to Thessaloniki <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which is about five hours away <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will contact you there <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And send you some more (respectable) photographs <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am the daughter of a vicar so I should act like one <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Josie xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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