A Story in a List Form

Bear Sterns

Power suits
Wall street parking pass
Cadillac SUV, black of course
Blackberry with links to online tickers
Several thousand dollar gift baskets
Martinis with venture capitalists
Hedge fund conventions
Frowns at the closing bell
Angry investors
Subpoena
Signed, witnessed statements
Sworn testimony
Exhibit C
The Jury's verdict
A plea bargain in the works
A returned appeal form
Sentence- 15 years
The road to the prison
The bridge over the Potomac river
"Suicide is Painless" written in the dust of the Cadillac's hood
No Body