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The Cuttlefish Man
Of course, I told him what I would have done:
“Call the police: just dial 9-1-1.”
In response he snarled and spluttered and coughed.
“Kid, you don’t get it: the cops are too soft;
They’d never arrest the friends of that thief—
Our good mayor—who appointed their chief!
No: justice will have to be served by me,
In the interest of the dying sea.”
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