Unsolved Mystery
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It is always some northern state.
Michigan. Minnesota. A road, two lanes,
in a soft twilight. Tame woods
on either side, railroad tracks
that run parallel, and a house,
looming into the aerial camera’s eye,
turning, now, on the table
of its own clearing—
The people, standing outside.
The dog beside them,
tight on its leash. The one
police car, red light …
