Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
todd moore | what haunted
what haunted
dillinger
more than
anything
else was
the eye on
the pave
ment
during
the shoot
out in
mason
city
iowa it
kept
watching
him
while he
fired
the ma
chine gun
what haunted
dillinger
more than
anything
else was
the eye on
the pave
ment
during
the shoot
out in
mason
city
iowa it
kept
watching
him
while he
fired
the ma
chine gun
burning
houses my
old man
sd licking
a drop
of whiskey
off the
back of
his hand
you can’t
beat them
for drama
the way
flaming
timbers fall
across a
sofa or a
kitchen
sink clouds
of sparks
shooting
out the door
some nights
i sleep in
fire i always
walk in
smoke
Illustration by Jean-Claude Claeys modified by Mr. K.
cindy was
sitting near
the win
dow of the
car w/
her hair
blowing out
when
kenny
shot her
& blood &
pieces of
scalp flew
out the
window
then a
wind full
of death
rushed
into her
hair
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