Grayson Favour

[Written with Matt Caliri’s ‘Chapter One’ contest in
mind but too many verses (presuming that ‘three 
paragraphs’ also meant three stanzas)]
                  *

Grayson Favour, private detective
Whenever the law of the land proves defective
And somebody has to do something effective
Grayson’s a man with a private objective

Grayson Favour, a man on a mission 
Apprehends villains, that's his position
The loss of his parents invoked that decision
He now pursues gangsters without precondition

Phenomenal wealth he inherited young
He found the ‘right’ people to linger among 
Asked a few questions, turned over some stones
Located the killers and buried their bones

Community service or suspended sentence
Even when vicious thugs bear no repentance
Police, if they bother, might track them all down
But then they’re released in the name of the crown

Today Grayson Favour pays fullest attention
To those who he’ll offer no legal detention
He dwells in a secret facility that
Would even impress the man often called ‘Bat’

These gadgets and gizmos and high powered tech
Beyond any force with a state funded cheque
Will aid in the hunt for the one they call ‘Raptor’
But that, my dear reader, will need its own chapter
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022


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Date: 9/27/2022 1:44:00 PM
delightfully told, terry! i would love to hear the continuation...
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Terry Flood
Date: 9/27/2022 3:05:00 PM
Glad you enjoyed, Ilene. Can’t promise a chapter two but you never know. Terry
Date: 9/26/2022 4:44:00 PM
Sign me up for the weekly chapter in the inbox, lol - enjoyed, Terry!
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Date: 9/26/2022 4:48:00 PM
Thanks Jeff. The contest asked for three paragraphs… I presume that meant three stanzas. I wasn’t happy to join stanzas into eight liners or remove any so the story is as the story is. Glad you enjoyed. Terry.
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