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# McGuffin
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/mcguffin/
- Published: 2021-11-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: my mystery novel required a McGuffin my table -- a plate with a half eaten muffin I thought to myself -- surely this one will do unfortunately, that half's eaten now too
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

my mystery novel required a McGuffin  
my table -- a plate with a half eaten muffin  
I thought to myself -- surely this one will do  
unfortunately, that half's eaten now too

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2792831---Muffin-60-Words-or-Less--