Mr. Executioner: You're Not the Victor:
A Collection Of Haiku Poetry
The following haiku poems all deal with life and losing life on death row. There will be more poems added as time goes on. I hope they make you think a little bit about the savagery of capital punishment:
The endless green mile.
It's a marathon of sorts.
Drains life; depletes strength.
Stand at the mirror,
Then toss a chair to break it.
It's you who shatters.
Face betrayed your fear.
A tear gathered in your eye.
Sad to say good-bye.
Eyes rolled up swiftly.
They wanted you to suffer.
Death wasn't enough.
Television fed,
They came to watch a freak show.
You robbed them of that.
This hospital room,
With its many tubes and wires.
Offers death, not life.
Essential details.
Catheters and anal plugs.
Death must be sterile.
enigmacat, 2002.
