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The Thief in Him single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 The Thief in Him
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Notes

  • Epigraph:
    Was it him I saw or someone other
    lithe of foot and ragged thin
    like a vision in a village
    caught at a bazaar
    cloth hangings worn between the sun
    shadowy the thief in him
    quick as a wink
    slipping syncopation.

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