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Last Thoughts
by William Bonilla → (All Poetry by William Bonilla)
   Rated "PG13" by the Author.
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What thoughts crawled through
A condemned man's mind
As a tear
Escaped his dark soul
On this his loneliest night
While he aimlessly stares
At a clear full moon
Before he meets his maker
In the early morning sunlight
As the sun cracks
The horizon's red dawn.

Will the rope snap
As the trap
'Neath his feet is released?
Will the guillotine's blade
Get stuck
Above his exposed neck?
Will the Chairs's electrical switch
Malfunction
Amid a tumultuous storm?
Will every men, in the firing squad
Be issued blanks
Instead of just one?
Will the intravenous
Deadly solution
Be mistakenly administered
using a saline instead?
Will the gas chamber
Capsules
Be misplaced, causing officials
To search for an alternative?
What lurks in his poor head?
Only the Man
He did not believe in
Knows for sure.


By: William Bonilla
03/20/05















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 Reviews of "Last Thoughts"
Reviewed on March 22, 2005
hello William, touching piece. Hopefully an innocent condemmed man will get blanks, maybe a rotten rope, etc. G

Reviewed on March 22, 2005
A powerful sad write. Well-expressed.

Sandie Angel a.k.a. Sandie May Angel :o(

Reviewed by Melissa Rives
Reviewed on March 21, 2005
Very chilling, powerful and quite a profound ending...

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on March 21, 2005
Chillingly captivating, William. Thank you. Love and peace. Regis

Reviewed by SHERRY HEIM
Reviewed on March 20, 2005
This ran a chill down my spine and gave me shivers, William. One does wonder what may go through the mind of the one awaiting execution. I would hope it would be remorse for the lives he had taken, perhaps a moment to understand how the family of the ones he murdered have had to live, but more likely it will be him thinking about his impending death and the fate that awaits him. Excellent writing.
Take care,
Sherry

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on March 20, 2005
Those last three lines say it, Bill...they are most powerful and descriptive...ed

Reviewed on March 20, 2005
Wow..powerful and so chilling, this is excellent,

Reindeer

Reviewed by Carole Mathys
Reviewed on March 20, 2005
Powerful haunting thoughts, William.

Love and peace, Carole

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on March 20, 2005
Wow William these are intriguing thoughts my friend!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Rosemarie Skaine
Reviewed on March 20, 2005
Sobering. R

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on March 20, 2005
really well written, intriguing thoughts ... only "The Man" he did not believe in could really care ...

Reviewed by Nordette Adams
Reviewed on March 20, 2005
"Only the man he did not believe in knows for sure"
How profound of you, William. Enjoyed this. ~~Nordette

Reviewed by Andy Turner (Reader)
Reviewed on March 20, 2005
Reminds me of The Ballad of Reading Goal. By Mr Wilde.
Very atmospheric.
I stood on an old 17th century scaffold, in Bodium gaol.
Wondering the same kinda thoughts.
They hanged kids just for stealing a loaf of bread.
Or if they were unlucky, got sent to Australia.

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on March 20, 2005
William you mesmerize with this one! Totally bone chilling thoughts!
Superb poem!!!

etw

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on March 20, 2005
Haunting, chilling, and very powerful, William.

Reviewed by A PAX
Reviewed on March 20, 2005
powerful........and frightening.......so well penned.
As an X cop.........did you have had connections to this type of experience.......???

actions and consequences........the rough part of life!
whew
pax A


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