Friday, November 19, 2010

still life with a chicago piano

Tommy Gun aka "Chicago Piano"



her strand of pearls
his suspenders and spats
an empty flask of bootlegged booze
and a handful of crumpled sawbucks
abandoned on her chinz carpet
his tommy gun lending itself as centerpiece


the lieutenant
with no eye for composition
directed the photographer
to point his speed graphic camera
at the blood stained sheets
the shattered window
and her battered face.

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