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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FATIGUE OF OBJECTS, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poet's Biography
First Line: In the victim's room
Last Line: For the fingerprints of the murderer
Subject(s): Death; Detective Stories; Murder; Dead, The
First Line: In the victim's room
Last Line: For the fingerprints of the murderer
Subject(s): Death; Detective Stories; Murder; Dead, The
In the victim's room,
The dust grows bored,
Waiting, on the knife handle,
For the fingerprints of the murderer.
Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org
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