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callerofcrows

Published: Feb 12, 2013

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Paint me greyscale.
Words hang thick like
cigarette smoke and slow jazz.
Turn your collar to the rain
and follow me into a 3 AM cab.

Give me your gritty romance,
Eyes flickering like
neon-signs
half past the red-light district.
Oh, you can touch,
my dear detective--
just don't leave any fingerprints.

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artin2007

Jun 2, 2017

If you haven't already discovered Robert Parker's (& Tony Hillerman's)
detective works, you are in for a treat. Forgive me if I repeat myself....
cheerios
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