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Brass and Dust

An original poem about handled metal, workshop residue, and the slow evidence of repeated use.

PoetryPatristocratGeneral simple substitution

Source & status

Origin
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Solution
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Ciphertext

OJQBZ PQQOS PQYVU LZQRT ZZLRC ZJZPQ BPMYP KRZPR EJOQR SPRZY ZUZUC ZYRIZ TIZQR QPQOE JLTPQ NEYUR PJXPY EEUAB ZYZXP JSZYR QVYJZ XVJQO TXPAJ CYPRR XPYHZ JRRTE ATKHZ ZLOJM NOJMZ YLYOJ QRTEJ MZYQB PJQBZ BPJXR QBPQU PXZQB ZUOTO NQQBZ OJRQY VUZJQ PJXXV RQYOR ZRQBY EVMBP CTPXZ ENRVJ PROTZ JQPVX OZJSZ XORQV YCZXN YEUOQ RRZPQ REJZI PTIZY ZRORQ RQBZJ KOZTX RAOQB PRUPT TUZSB PJOSP TROMB OXEJE QHJEA QBZRE JMRUK MYPJX NPQBZ YLTPK ZXOHJ EAEJT KQBZL BEQEM YPLBB ORRTZ ZIZRY ETTZX BORSB ZZHRN VTTEN RVUUZ YQBYZ ZNYOZ JXRTZ PJOJM QEAPY XQBZR PUZCZ PQOLE TORBE JZSVY IZPJX TZPIZ QBZEQ BZYRQ PYJOR BZXUZ UEYKR BEVTX JEQRB OJZQE EZIZJ TKXEA JRQPO YROQY KPROJ MTZJE QZQBZ BEVRZ YZQVY JROQN YEUZI ZYKZU LQKYE EU

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