Lenny Bruce Is Not Afraid

by Robert Gryfft


He smiled a sick little smile. "We've literally got seconds left."

The sky darkened; the earth trembled.

She said, "I love you."

He tried to chuckle and coughed blood instead, choking raggedly: "It doesn't matter."

She touched his face and said "What part of 'I love you' don't you understand?"

And she pulled the trigger.