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The Cuttlefish Man
And then the truth revealed itself to me:
That plan was just another fantasy.
My ears detected nothing but the type
Of noises made by water in a pipe;
We might have changed direction fifty times,
Or not at all—perhaps in perfect crimes
The clues are flushed away without a trace:
The cops have no idea there’s a case!
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