Saturday, December 13, 2014
The Massive Footprint
Detectives Romey and Pearl
Herve Best, Carpenter, reported
it from his cell and stuck
around as instructed.
“No human made that!” Pearl emitted.
And Romey started hinting
that Bell had fashioned a form
from wood and pressed it
in the mud. Bell laughed.
“Let me point out here and here!
Places where things ain’t square.
No carpenter would let that go like that.
He’d a-put the levels to it in the shop.”
“Makes sense,” Pearl shrugged.
"Then we got us a monster...”
“Or another hoax! Police
Work being a hoax a day
presently.” Spat Romey. Patrol-
person Joanne Harrel,
taking the pictures.
Went back to the car
for the molding kit, then
“What’ll I tell my future grandchildren?
With all their cop toys! Years later?
With all these jokes on us?”
“You served with distinction!” Pearl began,
“And a fool, both.” Romey finished.
Labels: Bigfoot, bitterness, forensics, hoax, police
Friday, April 25, 2014
Forensics and the Freezer
Something to Remember You By*
-Why did she keep an arm? I mean, she stabbed him a frenzied
two hundred, give or take. Then acid-bathed him. Then, ground...
-Stop there! I get the gist.
-They find the arm in the freezer. Wrapped up like a roast.
Hadn’t really been able to extract DNA before this.
-(sings) Please give me something to remember you by.
-(also singing) When you are far away from me-yee.
-Some little something saying love will not die.
They continue alternating in song.
*Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz
Labels: Crime of Passion, DNA, forensics, mordant, passion, popular songs, stabbing
