Penelope McGuffin

REMEMBERING ETHEL R.

She knew she should live

so she wouldn't die.

She didn't want to leave

her love, her babies

or the world

that she spent only

a few decades inhabiting.

She wouldn't die.

So they gave the chair

more juice

and her decision

was overruled!

(Originally posted January 28, 2009)

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