The executioner yanked the lever,
gravity heaving the body through
where the floor was, until the snap
of his neck stopped the fall. His torso
twirled with the hemp rope, twisting,
untwisting, swayed as an effigy
tethered between heaven and hell,
but hell dragging it down.
His body, slumped over, swung
in elegant pirouettes, quivering
as it vacated bodily fluids,
his spirit ushering out
while tea in the backroom still steamed,
its vapors fading with his.
Sadam Hussein was executed on Dec 30, 2006 at 06:00 local time for crimes against humanity
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