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stubbornness kills - thoughts on my neighbor’s death
I learned something today -
stubbornness kills.
One of my neighbors died today.
She was totally dehydrated, wouldn’t eat or drink.
When the ambulance came for her the day before,
because she had passed out,
she still didn’t want to go to the hospital.
And now she’s dead.
It’s 1 AM, and it’s just me, thinking.
Remembering.
If I ever needed to know anything about the
comings and goings on my block,
she would be the one to ask.
Not that I ever asked.
Stubbornness kills.
How much of being the standup guy
who plays hurt and keeps on going
is just stubbornness as virtue?
Like I said before, it’s 1 AM and it’s just me here.
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