3 - The Axeman's 5onnet

9.10.06

An Executioner, W/ Axe

To me it seems there is no end in sight.
I find myself to be ever-employed, and
Though some might find this fact quite terrible,
Brains in baskets put food on the table.
The pike, that is a nasty thing for me.
The Crown’s orders – a great deal more gruesome.
I’m not the crow pecking at your eyeballs,
But merely the arms behind the axefall.
The steel is going to drop either way.
It will slice tomorrow if not today.
So pray for a clean cut, no matter what
You say, you are stuck in a bloody mess.
Just don’t pray for pity on either bloke,
The headless or the one behind the stroke.