Le Voyage Magnifique

The Saga of Whitey Bulger

When Whitey Bulger maimed and killed,
it got pretty ugly in town.
As Mafia leaders went down,
pressure on him began to build.

The cops moved in, and he took flight.
With cunningly true pretension,
he managed to dodge attention
by hiding himself in plain sight.

The kindly killer was done in
by his love for a feline friend
and things he could not comprehend
in that negligent discipline.

When Whitey Bulger maimed and killed,
pressure on him began to build.



Author's notes:

1. Form: Swannet - http://thepoetsgarret.com/2012Challenge/form23.html

2. For those not familiar, Whitey Bulger was a Boston mobster who avoided capture for 16 years by assuming a new identity with his girl friend as a retired couple in Santa Monica, CA. The story of the hunt can be found at the following link: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/us/24bulger.html