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At Whitechapel: Taking Care
From Eddy's royal wallet sprang the cash;
and from my own words, added, the persuasion,
for poverty can flog a painful lash,
while facts can be changed by imagination.
To those whom we selected, whom we bribed
(but, not of course, with harmful drugs or booze),
we gave conflicting evidence, described
with just enough real detail to confuse
investigators; and our expectation
was well fulfilled. And no one's explication
has solved the mystery or bared the ruse.
This verbal artwork threw a proper cover
that still deceives. Mary, my erstwhile lover,
left England for a better destination.
Starward
[jlc]
