A small adaptation
Came home last night, found a copy Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy" in our laundry room. Dreiser's "Sister Carrie" is one of my favorite books however I never quite warmed up to and "American Tragedy". I flipped open to American Tragedy and parsed some of the text, recorded a quick soundtrack voice over and assembled a small adaptation.
An American Tragedy 490
some time in the future
on the way down
sure as anything
she must do
get in one
get in another
just ahead
just behind
the state he had been in
pleading
silence
delay
if he were she
some little hotel
a trip maybe
nearest quiet corner
so secret
but she must not ask him now
Adpated from An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (p.490/Signet Classic Edition)
