Pulp Poem of the Week

contaminated
with need

     Gil Brewer
     “Investment”
     1974 

Pulp Poem of the Week

This was the way it
ended. You learned
everything there was
to learn, you took care
of every contingency,
you memorized,
you rehearsed—
and then some kid
locked a dog in a safe
a thousand miles away
and you were done.

     Charles Williams
     All the Way
     1958  

Pulp Poem of the Week

It’s up to you
to be
convincing.

          Richard Stark
          Butcher’s Moon
          1974

Pulp Poem of the Week

like a
blonde
with a
pet skunk

     Charles Williams
     Talk of the Town
     1958

Pulp Poem of the Week

Civilians

always believe

a good

sociopath.

     Dave Cullen

     Columbine

     2009