JANE (1972)
Don’t worry!
We’ll be in Vegas
in no time. The stewardess
is young. They must be
hiring underage girls,
she thought. It doesn’t
surprise her. Jane can’t
sit still, getting up
every few minutes when
she demands whiskey neat
to calm her nerves. She begins
to tell a woeful tale
about her husband.
The passengers begin
to gather and listen.
The crowd roars
in laughter. Something
about a Baptist convention,
a church bake-off,
and a girl named Eileen—
the eldest daughter of a pastor.
She stole away Jane’s husband,
Kip. Now, she had an itch
on her way to The Strip,
another drink or two. She was
determined to cut a bitch.