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A Poem of Discovery*

by Rico Salvatore


Hooray hooray, it's profound in a way
Himmy Joffa has been found just today.
You know he's been lost
and at such a cost
to the country called the USA.
He's not in a lake or in a dump under a bridge.
He was not in a sandwich then fed to some pigs.
The FBI has been digging under Pulaski's Highway,
but that's not the spot and this poem contradicts.
Justice's been served up in a very strange way.
THEY know where he is. THEY found the DNA.
But let me digress just a bit if you please:
You know how we bury in casket and case?
Well after some time they leak, all over the place.
though the chemicals make the body keep face, and
as mentioned they seep to the dirt beneath the graves place.
Well, at a great work site completed long after
Mr. Joffa's demise to the forever-here-after.
There began that great stench in the deep basement pit
where they keep all the files, records and bits.
The stench was common to the acute noses
of them who sniff out and discern,
and so realized a DNA search was necessary right there and then.
From the bones of Mr. Joffa oozings
were in building's initial cement pourings.
And verily, in conclusion, in a very sly manner
and not missing these concrete clues, these noses realized
his body and bones are the very foundation garnered
for the structure and The Building: J. Edgar Hoover.

*Disclaimer: this poem is utter & total historical fiction.


© 2024 Rico Salvatore

Rico Salvatore (BA, CAS, DOM) is a man of mystery… He began writing short stories and poems about 18 years ago after his exile from the Train Wreck Cluster 811 million parsecs from Earth for blaspheming the local political gods.

To assuage his home sickness, he has self-published 4 children’s books including one self-illustrated book of poems.

Rico was the art editor of Quantum Muse and has been published in Aphelion-webzine.com, Orion’s Arm.com, ShortHumour.org.uk, Poetry Hall a Chinese & English Bilingual Journal and has few stories in the anthologies: “A Flash of Aphelion,” “Fantastical Savannahs And Jungles”, “XENOBIOLOGY”, “BLEAKEST TOWERS” and soon to be released anthology “OF POETS, SPIES, AND THE UNEARTHLINESS IN THE TIME OF SHAKESPERE AND MARLOW” coming out in January 2023 where he has a poem written in an early/mid English style. He’s assisted with the translation of some poetry for a Chinese poet.

While on the planet he studied at The Art Students League in NYC and later picked up a degree in History with an advanced certification in Asian Studies from Rutgers University. Postgraduate studies concentrated in Chinese maritime history.

He with his 2 partners started and owned one of the first nationally based resume database companies specializing in high tech, computer security and various advanced systems of specialized and classified nature.

Rico may be contacted at ricoglg1033@gmail.com

Find more by Rico Salvatore in the Author Index.