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 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 4 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE CROSS OF SNOW by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE DEATH OF LYON by HENRY PETERSON THE FADELESS CANVAS by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN THE CANTERBURY TALES: THE PROLOGUE OF THE MONK'S TALE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER |