Dillinger
by Jared Carter
Out of the Biograph, its chill
still lingering,
Out of that darkness, and the thrill
such dreams can bring –
Into the neon night, her hand
slipping away,
And all around you now they stand,
as if to say
This is the way it always ends
when bankers rule –
The world reduced to dividends,
the blood in pools.
Bio: Jared Carter's most recent book is Darkened Rooms of Summer: New and Selected Poems (University of Nebraska Press). He lives in Indianapolis.
by Jared Carter
Out of the Biograph, its chill
still lingering,
Out of that darkness, and the thrill
such dreams can bring –
Into the neon night, her hand
slipping away,
And all around you now they stand,
as if to say
This is the way it always ends
when bankers rule –
The world reduced to dividends,
the blood in pools.
Bio: Jared Carter's most recent book is Darkened Rooms of Summer: New and Selected Poems (University of Nebraska Press). He lives in Indianapolis.