“His last words were . . .” People’s last words pique our interest because they’re sometimes profound or grateful or sad or inspiring or ironic. People’s last words—after living out their life on earth and before departing forever—almost always cause us to pause and think both about life in general and about our own life. Even if the words aren’t particularly profound, the fact that they’re a person’s final utterances makes them worth hearing. An Oklahoma death row inmate, convicted of two murders, was recently executed. He acknowledged that he was drugged out when they happened and doesn’t remember doing them. Formerly a…