Don Conoscenti

got an early start, took a taxi to the airport. she got out of the car, sat down on the curb. peeled off twenty. slipped it to the skycap. he checked two extra bags on through, she never said a word. not to him not to me, not even to her own damn self. looked so easy how she let that big axe fall. she was gone gone, gone faster than august rain. never bothered to explain. shed no tears at all. not for love not for shame not even to relieve the pain. covered her tracks when she let the big axe fall. she was gone gone faster than a desert rain. never bothered to explain. shed no tears at all.