Tag: illness
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Smokin’!
When I was young, and smoking was almost a rite of passage, I smoked. I smoked twenty, or more, cigarettes a day. I do not particularly remember smoking. I can’t testify to the joys it brought, or the benefits I experienced from it. I just don’t recall how it felt. But I can remember giving…
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An Exercise in Patients
He bestrides the plastic chairs like a colossus, sinking upon them with the dire decision of a Hoffmann Press; and yes, as the thin foam cushions wheeze in protest, it is entirely possible some steam does rise. Bestowing an avuncular smile upon the sad woman in the wheelchair, he begins a genial conversation in a…
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