After Unsolved Mysteries, “A Death in Oslo”
Grab as much as you can leave
No prints, black lace and a briefcase
Of live rounds
To disturb, dab Ungaro
From Italian blazer lapels
Cut out labels
Teeth imprinted in isotope
Acid to disappear
When French was preferred
Order in Flemish
From a small town in Belgium that won’t forgive
Use a fountain pen to check in:
Jennifer Fairgate of Verlaine
Kroner thick folded in half
Leather trench hidden
Cash only.
Nicole Chvatal writes property deeds and lives in Maine. Her work has appeared in The Maine Sunday Telegraph, LEON, Pilgrimage and Verseweavers. She is a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.