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An honest bit of work. One can easily see how a person with what sounds like Parkinson’s would want to end it, even though, if given a choice, would remain alive.
Death isn’t to be feared; the hideous afflictions that preceed it are the true monsters.
Like any sentimental fool, I wanted him not to do it: What a terror to wake up in eternity shaking. That would be a Shaking Hell: that’s a song by Sonic Youth. I like the language, it is highly idiosyncratic, even sounds like a non-English speaker narrating, perhaps a native-Yiddish speaker. I like idiosyncratic; in this age of styleless stuff turned out by writing workshops it’s good to see personality in writing. Thanks
I think that’s why Robin Williams killed himself, he had Parkinson’s disease. Very intense inner mind reveal. “He left behind small sloppy child handwriting,” very vivid line that shows his “devolution.” He needed stillness… that’s what stood out for me. It sounded like he wasn’t shaking enough to drop the gun, and decided to end it before that time came.
Hi Cooper,
I always thought that Cancer was our total nightmare but Parkinson’s, Dementia and MND are up there.
We get a helluva lot of stories around this type of subject matter and it is a credit to your story that we have chosen this one.
All the very best.
Hugh
(adjective of your choice) Minds sometimes think alike. My guy in “Final Frontier” had kidney failure and liver cancer, loved his wife, and went out with fetanyl and brandy where his body wouldn’t be found. Looks like I can’t submit it to LS now.
Hugh says these stories are common. I suppose there isn’t anything radically new..
An honest bit of work. One can easily see how a person with what sounds like Parkinson’s would want to end it, even though, if given a choice, would remain alive.
Death isn’t to be feared; the hideous afflictions that preceed it are the true monsters.
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Like any sentimental fool, I wanted him not to do it: What a terror to wake up in eternity shaking. That would be a Shaking Hell: that’s a song by Sonic Youth. I like the language, it is highly idiosyncratic, even sounds like a non-English speaker narrating, perhaps a native-Yiddish speaker. I like idiosyncratic; in this age of styleless stuff turned out by writing workshops it’s good to see personality in writing. Thanks
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I think that’s why Robin Williams killed himself, he had Parkinson’s disease. Very intense inner mind reveal. “He left behind small sloppy child handwriting,” very vivid line that shows his “devolution.” He needed stillness… that’s what stood out for me. It sounded like he wasn’t shaking enough to drop the gun, and decided to end it before that time came.
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Hi Cooper,
I always thought that Cancer was our total nightmare but Parkinson’s, Dementia and MND are up there.
We get a helluva lot of stories around this type of subject matter and it is a credit to your story that we have chosen this one.
All the very best.
Hugh
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(adjective of your choice) Minds sometimes think alike. My guy in “Final Frontier” had kidney failure and liver cancer, loved his wife, and went out with fetanyl and brandy where his body wouldn’t be found. Looks like I can’t submit it to LS now.
Hugh says these stories are common. I suppose there isn’t anything radically new..
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