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Occam's Razor

by Anastasia Shows


cd player.
laptop computer.
dvds.
diamond ring.
all stolen upon arrival home.

Sure insurance covered the break-in,
and those items all just material.
true.

but how did this happen?
the police found no signs of forced entry.
did i leave the door unlocked?
did one of the workers
that i hired to fix some things make
copies of her keys?
Did her roommate pawn
for drugs?
she takes all this in and just shrugs.

the philosopher would tell her to go
with the simplest answer.

01/20/2009

Posted on 01/20/2009
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Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 01/20/09 at 11:18 PM

That's often the right one. Fascinating character study.

Posted by Frank Lee on 05/21/09 at 03:02 AM

hmm..the roommate pawned it for drugs?

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