For a Moment, You Saw Me Different

July 21, 2021

She said…I hate living with these old people…in this old people’s house…

You mean assisted living?

Yes…I hate it

Why…they take good care or you…she grimaced, frowned and spit all at the same time…yes…but the food sucks…I hate this wheelchair…I hate my clean apartment and these old people…they’re just old.

We sat there a minute…as I sized her up…legs wrapped in ace bandages holding back what I guessed was failure of the lymphatic system and the inevitable…