Never one for goodbyes
he slips away before dawns first light.
His getaway, a taxicab
on black roads varnished with dew.
A thief in the night,
his belongings in the boot
and a head full of jewels and sadness.
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Never one for goodbyes
he slips away before dawns first light.
His getaway, a taxicab
on black roads varnished with dew.
A thief in the night,
his belongings in the boot
and a head full of jewels and sadness.