The person in the next room will die in four days’ time
He has spoken twelve words
Seems in good humor
Weak, stage five, off dialysis
Family has visited, but briefly
He looks a little like Charlie Chaplin, but light kind eyes, not button eyes
The sun is shining, but his organs are shutting down
Pretty soon there will be no rally or joking
Pretty soon there will be no peeing, bed-wetting
Pretty soon there will be no recollection of the world that is giving him up
The body that failed him
The health that evaded him
Pretty soon, the bed will be empty to allow another to die in comfort, in peace, and with dignity
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