Breakdown
And now, denouement, what you will.
Nothing will last,
And everything’s a kind of thrill –
a sudden blast
Of sound, heralding the king, who
moments before,
Reprieved hyenas in the zoo,
advised the whore
And lobbyist to squeeze together,
wrote off their debts,
Proclaimed an end to sultry weather,
welched on all bets.
Jared Carter lives in Indianapolis.