Kidnapping Inc
Baghdad Iraq 2006

Khalid al Mohamed
Was walking down the
Street when
Suddenly
A car stopped
And some thugs
In black ski masks
Raced toward him
Guns pointing at his
Head
Screaming
And
Blindfolding him
As they put him
in the
Trunk of the car
And drove off.
In his dark little prison
Abject terror
Racked his brain
As he was
Taken to a house
Having no idea where
He was
And pushed into a
Dark
Creepy hole
Under a floor
Joining several other
Gagged
Shackled
And blindfolded
Men.
He was given almost
No food
Or water
And at times
The summer
heat felt like
A furnace as
He felt like
He was losing his
Mind.
One day
Three of the men
Where pulled out
And dragged
Into another room.
He heard
Sobs
Beatings
And then
Loud
gunshots.
One
Then another.
Then one more.
He knew they where
Dead.
He prayed and
Begged God for his
Life to be spared.
He was a good
Innocent family
Man he believed.
He didn’t deserve
This.
One week later
He too was pulled
From the hole
With two others
And Yanked into the
Same
Execution
Chamber.
No trial
No reasons ever given
By his faceless
Abductors for
His fate.
They were forced to
Their knees.
The man next to him
Made muffled pleas
For mercy.
An ear shattering
Gun blast
Soon followed
By a slumping
Thud of a
Body hitting the
Floor.
Khalid thought
Of his baby boy
And little girl,
His wife
And mom,
And realized he’d
Never see them again.
Death taunted him.
His muscles cringed
In anticipation.
He felt like puking.
Bang!!!!!!
Another gunshot
Another slumped
Body.
He was the only
One left.
For a few seconds
That seemed
Everlasting
He waited.
Did his life really
Come to this?
a moment later
the roar of a
gun
exploded
his skull
and
his memories
and future
where now
splattered
all over
the floor.
Seemingly,
He was
Born
to
Die
Like
This.