The Culprit Hides
Determine who
the crime will profit
and you will find
your man
Fortune baits
perdition’s wolf
with larceny
in hand
Behind this world’s
ill-gotten gains
and lurking
deep within
There hides the culprit
long surmised
who wears the mark
— of sin
(Dreamsleep: January, 2026)
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Philosophical inquiry into crime, morality, and human nature with abstract exploration
Dense packing of ideas: crime, profit, perdition, sin across compressed lines
Dark, accusatory tone focused on culpability, sin, and moral corruption
Sharp declarative statements with investigative momentum and charged language
Micro poem, approximately 6 lines when punctuation spacing normalized
Metaphor of wolf, personification of perdition, biblical allusion to sin
Primarily lyric with investigative narrator voice addressing audience directly
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