A Desperate Man
In twenty-four months his father died,
his wife’s mother died, his mother died,
his wife’s father died, two of his first cousins
died together in a plane crash on a fishing
trip, and his wife suddenly fell out of remission
and died of cancer, lucid to the end; but nothing
ever dies, he said; energy just changes form.
He couldn’t speak fast enough, pouring his life
into every word; but his voice betrayed his
desperation. He believed in physics like his
wife’s doctor friend (and his lover) who had
a scientific tradition to uphold, and he fought
back his tears. Fear stalked him, but he could
not discard his soulless mirror and listen to the
voice within quietly whispering, “The only
death is the death of ignorance.”
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