Tuesday, July 07, 2009

News at Eleven: Suddenly, getting to the newsstand

on the corner to buy the morning paper became a major undertaking for him: one slow, wobbly step after another, separated by long pauses, as if he were trying to remember what came next. We were all baffled and frightened by the change--he more than anyone--and yet he refused to let anyone go for him. He wanted so desperately to keep to his usual routine, to keep living, to keep death away.

from Los Angeles Times: Haiku for an ailing father

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