When-

they-

tigh-

tly-

strap-

me-

in,-

give-

me-

let-

hal-

in-

jec-

tion,

Just-

a-

few

mo-

ments-

to-

live,-

no

re-

morse-

for-

what-

I-

did,

Was-

for-

the-

bet-

ter-

ment-

of-

man,-

I-

gave-

the-

ut-

most-

sa-

cri-

fice,

Be-

fore-

more

da-

mage-

could-

be-

done-

I-

took-

his-

life.

There-

was-

a-

split-

se-

cond-

of-

si-

lence-

when-

the-

dart-

punc-

tured-

the-

skin,

Bea-

dy-

eyes-

rolled-

back-

in-

head,-

the-

bo-

dy-

dropped-

from-

the-

poi-

son,

They-

could-

in-

ca-

pa-

ci-

tate-

me,-

but-

could-

not-

e-

rase-

my-

sneer,

I-

heard-

a-

thou-

sand-

peo-

ple-

screa-

ming,-

while-

three-

bil-

l-

ion-

ot-

hers-

cheered,

He-

was-

gone,-

and-

I-

would-

soon-

be...

E-

xe-

cu-

ted-

by-

the-

state,-

all-

ap-

peals-

would-

be-

in-

vain,

I-

was-

not-

cri-

mi-

na-

lly-

in-

sane,-

in-

fact,-

I-

was-

found-

to-

be,

An-

ot-

her-

wise-

ca-

ring-

and-

res-

pec-

tab-

le-

mem-

ber-

of-

so-

ci-

e-

ty,

A-

mi-

nor-

threat-

ex-

cept-

for-

that-

one-

that-

I-

killed.

As-

the-

se-

da-

tives-

take-

ef-

fect,-

I-

just-

smile-

and-

close-

my-

eyes,

There's-

a-

priest-

knee-

ling-

next-

to-

me,-

he-

asked-

me-

if-

I-

re-

a-

lized,

I-

was-

go-

ing-

straight-

to-

hell,-

and-

he-

thought-

that-

I-

should-

know,

That-

the-

man-

I-

killed's-

rep-

lace-

ment-

planned-

this-

whole-

sce-

na-

ri-

o,

And-

what-

I-

did.-

Would-

make-

no-

dif-

fe-

rence