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“I wanted to grieve while I still had the solace of you.”

“It does not sound like what you think. There is no animal snarl. It is just the sound of eating.”

Horrific
“The old woman puts the handle of the wooden spoon between her teeth and lies down on the ground on her jacket. She wriggles a little to get in position. She slides open a small door, like a makeshift pet door, and inserts her arm. She doesn’t even have it in as far as the tourniquet before the kicking and thumping stop. Her face contorts in pain. Tears slide from her eyes.”

“In the car on the long drive home, I say, ‘I’m falling asleep.’
And you say, ‘Sleep, baby.’
I hear the crow. ‘Shovel. Bone. Needle. Chair.’
I wish I had opened my eyes. I wish that I had turned from the window and looked at you in that moment when you were looking at me. The world slipped by me.”

“I ask you how you would like to die. You have an answer ready. You say, ‘In my sleep after a good day.’”