Where night falls on dead ends.

The cry for wolf

turns to laughter

in a sea of tears,

whispers drown

in a crossword

where the word is

severed across

and falls down

into letters dead.

The cryptic shock - a murder

dying for clues

escapes the puzzle

lost in a riddle,

the crime sleuth

failed to full stop,

and didn't see the sign-

a dead end.