Monopoly
He takes Park Lane to get to Victoria, frets
at being caught by the sodium-reflected
metal of S registrations,
his hands tight on the steering wheel
a Dunhill burns between his fingers.
He says not to worry about his blood pressure,
winning is not important,
prison was his happiest time.
He made his own Monopoly,
got the non-politicals to write out cards
break match-boxes for houses, hotels.
There was no time to play.
At the interrogation he agreed
it was an escape plan.
He helped his questioners
decipher the route:
The Kremlin via Pimlico,
Liverpool Street to Wenceslas Square.
They puzzled over Do Not Pass Go,
Move Directly To Jail.
He points out the travel agency in Grosvenor Place
where he worked
when he first came to London
until he sent the wrong Johnsons to Paris.
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