JV91959

 

The voice is heard, Jenny are you there? 
The T.V.’s still on with it’s commercials. 
The children ain’t crying only the dog is sighing, 
She said she would leave but this isn’t a rehearsal.

I ride out to her mother’s gray house, 
Her car is parked but no sign of any other, 
Walking around back where her footprints are fresh, 
Her father in tears tells me “don’t bother.”

 

“She went with an old friend down highway 66, 
they left with the children crying as the engine was flying, 
he found his promise land after wandering for years, 

her ex said he was waiting for this - taking time buying.