Paul Bell

Heading North

She’d been raped before

 

Just never by proxy

 

The birds flew south

 

As the Greyhound bus headed north

 

She would get it right this time

 

Rip his heart out

 

He would have watched her getting raped

 

Gloated and approved

 

That was his way

 

He should have killed her

 

He really should have killed her

 

It was three in the morning

 

When Mr proxy arrived home

 

To a gun pointing to his head

 

It was just business

 

Five hundred dollar deal

 

She was just a five hundred dollar lay

 

He’d had better, but what the hell

 

They both laughed

 

As she emptied five bullets into his business department 

 

Fitting epitaph, she thought

 

It was two days later when she caught up with him

 

Took your time 

 

I was getting bored watching the video

 

He really didn’t satisfy you, did he

 

Get undressed, and I’ll show you how a real man does it

 

You won’t be satisfying anyone ever again

 

You’re hurt, I can see that, but did you really need to kill the guy for doing his civic duty

 

They both laughed

 

The birds flew south

 

Some flew down to feast on a heart

 

The taste was bad and the flock moved on

 

The Greyhound bus headed north and just kept going.