 he dead".  Kurtz leaves this line and the following line out when he reads.  Also, the photojournalist says "This is the way the fucking world  ends. Look at this fuckin shit were in, man. Not with a bang, but  with a whimper, and with a whimper, Im fucking splitting, Jack."  This is taken from the same poems famous last two lines, "This is  the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper."