máquina mortífera I

ladies and gentlemen
a new machine has been invented
a system that recreates
the sounds of someone dying
drowning underwater
breathing in toxic gas
hanging from a rope
alone, taking pills
throwing him or herself down from the 15th floor.
some people had used it
and the result, in all cases, was the same
everybody's been shocked ever since:
they've stopped eating
shaving
cutting themselves
lying to their therapists.
but no one stopped wanting
to end their own lives
in either of those ways.