The Third Men


There was a third man. 

Harry needed to hide 

just like Kim.


But hidden


Three third men

Harry Lime and Kim 

Philby

hiding.


And Ishmail Hussein,

hidden

in plain sight.


(context is the April 2026 stabbing of 2 Jewish men being declared a terrorist incident, whilst the few hours earlier stabbing of a non Jew by the same man was ignored)


First published in Post Newspapers, Poetry Corner, August 2026




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