Sunday, September 03, 2006

Death - Minna


Minna died slowly. Joe had a stroke, he recovered a tiny bit,enough so that it was noticable six months later when he had another. And another. And died. He was 81

Minna had seemed fine until then. Soon her hearing became iffy. Next, she'd loop around and around repeating herself, yet clearly trying to impart something different.

The next step was anger.

"Where's Joe?" was more a cry of anguish than a question.

Eventually she lost language entirely.

Yet her rage at the world and her situation shone through every movement.

She lost motion.

After ten years, she died.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Riveting. Emotional. Highly personal. And not.

R.