"Final Notions" by Adrienne Rich, who passed away this week:
It will not be simple, it will not take long
It will take little time, it will take all your thought
It will take all your heart, it will take all your breath
It will be short, it will not be simpleIt will touch through your ribs, it will take all your heart
It will not take long, it will occupy all your thought
As a city is occupied, as a bed is occupied
It will take your flesh, it will not be simple
Continued here.
(Partial view of the most common words used in the final statements of Texas death row inmates.)
The Dish 