Mr. McConnell Recognizes His Fate

Mr. McConnell froze/eyes glazed/ablaze with the distance only/hearing/what is worthy/to hear/another number falling/down/down/down/into the bucket of life/with a thud/with a decompressing/thump/Both of us/watching/the box/shooting/ the morning/news/My/mother/crawls/close to me/whispers/in my ears/Ya kno’ gurl/Ah think he sauw/def (death).