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Stefano Zani's Project
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Letters from Death Row, Pt. 2
I declined the offer of a 'last meal'. I'm not interested in participating in that time-worn ritual, to feed some reporter's breathless post-execution account.
Besides, material gratification will be the last thing on my mind as I prepare to cross over to the non-material planes.
Watching Elmer go through his final days really drove home how ritualized this whole process has become; the ritual aspect perhaps brings some numbing comfort - or sense of purpose -- to those not really comfortable with this whole killing people scheme.
This is akin to participating Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com in a play where the participants step to a rote cadence, acting out their parts in the script, with nobody pausing to question the underlying premise.
It's like a Twilight Zone episode where you want to grab someone, shake them hard, and yell 'Hey, wake up! Don't you know what's going on here?!!!'
Time that surprisingly subjective, abstract concept is becoming increasingly compressed for me I will endure this without fear, and with as much grace as I can summon.
SET ME FREE SET ME FREE
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