This is a tribute to Michael Tanzi who as you know was executed April the 8th at 6:00 PM 2025 ( R . I . P . )
– MINUTES AFTER SIX –
By Richard Rhodes
Tonight , our government puts on a grand production Of which , I’m the unwilling star.
It’s of tragedy , travesty , and lastly corruption . The stage decor is glass and bar .
The State is the executive producer .
Governor Ron DeSantis is the director .
An actress in scrubs plays executioner . Suppose the guards are the extras ?
Our audience ushers in takes their seats in this tomb like cement and steel enclosure .
I’m escorted in , then promptly restrained . One has come to give solace others to get closure that sadly they won’t find .
They shall ALL be entertained !
I tremble with stage fright .
Cry my line , ” BLOODY MURDER !” and ” LEGAL !”
Thus , a performance of my life .
The nurse inserts a needle .
Convulse , then take a bow to a tune of silent score
The curtain’s now descending .
Our villain is no more .
In these minutes after six — there is no happy ending .
and the governor , a devout Catholic crosses himself and silently mouths , ” MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL …”
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