A (This) ~~fingerprint~~ (place) is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human ~~finger~~ (battle). The recovery of partial ~~fingerprints~~ (places) from a crime scene is an important method of ~~forensic science~~ (reclaiming home). ~~Moisture~~ (Extraction practices, i.e. natural gas, minerals) and ~~grease~~ (oil) on a ~~finger~~ (landscape) result in ~~fingerprints~~ ~~(targets)~~ (points on a map renamed and colonized) on surfaces such as ~~glass~~ (a mountain) or ~~metal~~ (burial ground). Deliberate impressions of entire ~~fingerprints~~ (villages) can be obtained by ~~ink~~ (observation) or other ~~substances~~ (surveys)(~~bullets~~) transferred from the peaks of friction ridges on the ~~skin~~ (national register) to a smooth surface such as ~~paper~~ (a map). ~~Fingerprint~~ (Place) records normally contain impressions from the ~~pad~~ (stories told, lives lived) on the ~~last joint~~ (plains and rivers, peaks and valleys) of ~~fingers~~ (basins) and ~~thumbs~~ (draws), though ~~fingerprint cards~~ (maps) also typically record portions of ~~lower joint areas~~ (wars waged) of (on) the ~~fingers~~ (people within).

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This place is an impression
left by the friction-ridges
of a human battle.
The recovery of partial-places
from a crime scene
is an important method of reclaiming home

Extraction practices, i.e. natural gas,
minerals and oil, on a landscape
result in ~~targets~~ points on a map renamed
and colonized on surfaces such as a mountain
or burial ground. Deliberate impressions
of entire villages can be obtained by observation
or other surveys ~~bullets~~
transferred from the peaks of friction ridges
on the national register to a smooth surface
such as a map.

Place records normally contain
impressions from the stories told, lives lived
on the plains and rivers, peaks and valleys
of basins and draws, though maps
also typically record portions
of wars waged on the people within.

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poetry-magazineTreaties and Monuments: The Whim of Ephemeral Contracts, or A War Department Map Looks like the Fingerprint of All My Relations

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Treaties and Monuments: The Whim of Ephemeral Contracts, or A War Department Map Looks like the Fingerprint of All My Relations