Lethal Injection
afloat in stupor, his mind falters,
with poisoned blood in every vein,
he aches to recall what to forget,
forgets what to remember in vain;
though the torpor dulls his senses,
defiantly he sneers with meanness
and effrontery to the authorities
now murdering him, blind Justice!
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