Another Dead Scarlet
This house
older
than the cave man
gave shelter
to five generations
of loggerheads
confederate dudes
with mustaches
out of frame
Under the staircase
the skeleton
of another Scarlet
with the skull
riddled from bullets
because she went
with the handsome miller
next door
A case for CSI
Cold case
FBI
instead
outside
the demolition
crew
and the antiquary
of course
a jew...
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