kirjeitä iloluontoisten tyttöjen surmaajalta
kuristaja viittaa klassikoihin
Fellinin “Rome”, Melville “La Samurai”, Godard “Hullu Pierrot”

neulat kiertävät kaupungin karttaa seinälläni,
murhapaikkojen valokuvat pöydälläni
vihjeet johtaa umpikujiin ja vääriin havaintoihin,
vaikka käyn aineiston läpi aina moneen kertaan

en löydä punaista lankaa, keltaisia lappuja toimistoni ikkunaan liimaan
murhapaikkojen raportteja selaan, elokuvia yökaudet kelaan, vaan jokin ei täsmää
kuristaja arvuuttaa ja viittaa klassikoihin, antaa avaimia, johtolankoja havaintoihin
miksen näe koko kuvaa, kaiken aikaa puuttuu ratkaiseva pala, avainsana on “kultakala”

viimeisin surmapaikka on Pyhä Pietarin aukion laidalta loittoneva syrjäkuja
kirkko jää kujaa katsoessa vasemmalle
muistomerkit muodostavat ruumiin kanssa tähden
ruumis on aseteltu kujalle siten kuin se olisi meritähti joka on juuri ajautunut rantaan
kuristusjäljet ovat ystävälliset
kuin uhri olisi sitä halunnutkin ei tehnyt vastarintaa
mikä elokuva on kyseessä jossa jäljet katoavat ruumishuoneen viluisille käytäville
olen hakoteillä ja loppuun palanut
lukemattomat klassikot, missä niistä on vastaus?

en löydä punaista lankaa, keltaisia lappuja toimistoni ikkunaan liimaan
murhapaikkojen raportteja selaan, elokuvia yökaudet kelaan, vaan jokin ei täsmää

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Copycat

letters from the murderer of joyous women
strangler refers to classics
Fellini’s “Rome”, Melville’s “La Samurai”, Godard’s “Pierrot le fou”
pins circle the map of the city on my wall
clues lead to cul-de-sac’s and wrong observations
although I scrutinise the material over and over again
I cannot find the vital clue, I stick post-it-notes on my office windows
I flip through the reports from the crime scenes, fast forward through movies all night, but something doesn’t add up, strangler riddles and refers to classics,
gives keys, clues to observations
why cannot I see the big picture, I am missing the final piece of the puzzle,
keyword is “goldfish”
the last scene of the crime is at the alleyway off St. Petersburg’s plaza
the church is on the left from the alleyway
the memorials form a star with the corpse
the corpse is positioned on the alley as if it was a stranded starfish
the bruises from the strangling look friendly
like the victim had wanted it and did not resist
In which movie does the tracks disappear in to the cold corridors of the mortuary
I am on the wrong track and burnt out
endless classics, in which lies the answer?
I cannot find the vital clue, I stick post-it-notes on my office windows
I flip through the reports from the crime scenes, fast forward through movies all night, but something doesn’t add up


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