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THE FATIGUE OF OBJECTS by THOMAS MCGRATH

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.


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98368-0271, www.cc.press.org



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