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  1. Death With Dignity: I Watched A Patient Die At Home

    There was a sudden feeling of guilt and shame when I realized I should have brought Mrs. MacNeil…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #Canada #Death #deathwithdignity #Dying
    newsbeep.com/us/669032/

  2. WildWords – Lord of the Flies

    The flies come first
    as rumor,

    black letters of punctuation
    in the cellar air,

    small restless witnesses
    to what I have not buried.

    They find the hidden place
    before I do,

    the sweetness gone sour,
    the secret body
    given back to its elements.

    I thought death
    would announce itself
    with trumpets,

    or thunder,

    or at least
    a proper lament.

    But here it is
    in wings,

    in the frantic scripture
    of a thousand tiny bodies

    writing circles
    around the bulb.

    Lord of the flies,
    lord of the unclean corners,
    lord of what ripens
    when I refuse to look,

    you do not create the death.

    You only reveal it.

    You rise from the wound
    and make it audible.

    You gather
    where something has ended
    and been left unnamed.

    So I stand in the basement
    with paper strips hanging
    like sad yellow prayers,

    with poison in the air,
    with a broom in my hand,

    and I know
    this is not only about flies.

    Something in me
    has also gone untended.

    Some old grief
    has softened in the dark.

    Some resentment
    has been born in bitter warmth.

    Some fear
    has bred in the damp boxes
    of the soul.

    And the outer world,
    faithful as a mirror,
    begins to reflect what is within.

    The dead thing calls forth wings.

    The buried thing
    becomes a cloud.

    Lord above,
    but Lord beneath even this,

    teach me to descend
    without disgust,

    to find what has died,
    to name it,
    to remove it,

    to open the window
    where I can,

    to let the clean wind
    do its slow ministry.

    For even the fly
    is a witness,

    even decay
    is a kind of bell,

    even infestation
    can become annunciation

    if it leads me
    to the hidden corpse,

    if it leads me
    to the truth,

    if it leads me
    at last

    to bury what is dead
    and bless what still
    wants to live.

    #basement #basementSymbolism #cleansing #compoundEye #Contemplation #ContemplativePoetry #deadThings #Death #decay #dying #flies #flyVision #gothicReflection #grief #hiddenThings #infestation #innerLife #lordOfTheFlies #Mortality #natureOfDecay #outerWorld #PrayerPoem #renewal #shadowWork #SpiritualReflection #symbolicIllustration #witness
  3. WildWords – Lord of the Flies

    The flies come first
    as rumor,

    black letters of punctuation
    in the cellar air,

    small restless witnesses
    to what I have not buried.

    They find the hidden place
    before I do,

    the sweetness gone sour,
    the secret body
    given back to its elements.

    I thought death
    would announce itself
    with trumpets,

    or thunder,

    or at least
    a proper lament.

    But here it is
    in wings,

    in the frantic scripture
    of a thousand tiny bodies

    writing circles
    around the bulb.

    Lord of the flies,
    lord of the unclean corners,
    lord of what ripens
    when I refuse to look,

    you do not create the death.

    You only reveal it.

    You rise from the wound
    and make it audible.

    You gather
    where something has ended
    and been left unnamed.

    So I stand in the basement
    with paper strips hanging
    like sad yellow prayers,

    with poison in the air,
    with a broom in my hand,

    and I know
    this is not only about flies.

    Something in me
    has also gone untended.

    Some old grief
    has softened in the dark.

    Some resentment
    has been born in bitter warmth.

    Some fear
    has bred in the damp boxes
    of the soul.

    And the outer world,
    faithful as a mirror,
    begins to reflect what is within.

    The dead thing calls forth wings.

    The buried thing
    becomes a cloud.

    Lord above,
    but Lord beneath even this,

    teach me to descend
    without disgust,

    to find what has died,
    to name it,
    to remove it,

    to open the window
    where I can,

    to let the clean wind
    do its slow ministry.

    For even the fly
    is a witness,

    even decay
    is a kind of bell,

    even infestation
    can become annunciation

    if it leads me
    to the hidden corpse,

    if it leads me
    to the truth,

    if it leads me
    at last

    to bury what is dead
    and bless what still
    wants to live.

    #basement #basementSymbolism #cleansing #compoundEye #Contemplation #ContemplativePoetry #deadThings #Death #decay #dying #flies #flyVision #gothicReflection #grief #hiddenThings #infestation #innerLife #lordOfTheFlies #Mortality #natureOfDecay #outerWorld #PrayerPoem #renewal #shadowWork #SpiritualReflection #symbolicIllustration #witness
  4. madeleines and honey

    From breaths offered to L’inconnue de la Seine
    to dewy spring mornings at Bondi beach,
    to harbourside fireworks, to blue-ribboned jam
    to Christmas parties out the back of Short Street,
    the pattern you stitched where you touched my life’s fabric
    was hallmarked by welcome and service, the magic
    of generosity and hospitality
    invited me into your home and your time.
    Friendship was bypassed — it feels more like family,
    we stayed at your place in the dix-huitieme.
    And so when I visit you in your last days
    I’m unsurprised to come away with more than I gave.
    Thank you for asking — a personal invite
    to your funeral. Yes, I’ll be there
    to celebrate the differences made by your life
    and exchange hugs with others who care.
    Your smile and moustache will live in my memory
    even when I’ve eaten all of your honey.


    in memoriam S.N.






    #death #dying #firstAid #funeral #honey #hospitality #inMemoriam #mine #paris #poetry #requiem
  5. List of Things Dying

    Edward Hopper Sun In An Empty Room (1963) The fly dies firstfalling somewhere unnoticed in a windowsillor into the bottom of a sinkthe spider waits for itin the same tired webit’s trusted all its lifebut nothing comes. The silent die nextthey wither slowlyin lonely apartments with bad plumbing,in hospital rooms,smelling like bleachthey dry inwardlike houseplantsleft in apartment windowsafter somebody moves outbut never comes back. An old man dies after thatthe ventilator coughslike a […]

    thetigressawakes.wordpress.com

  6. List of Things Dying

    Edward Hopper Sun In An Empty Room (1963) The fly dies firstfalling somewhere unnoticed in a windowsillor into the bottom of a sinkthe spider waits for itin the same tired webit’s trusted all its lifebut nothing comes. The silent die nextthey wither slowlyin lonely apartments with bad plumbing,in hospital rooms,smelling like bleachthey dry inwardlike houseplantsleft in apartment windowsafter somebody moves outbut never comes back. An old man dies after thatthe ventilator coughslike a […]

    thetigressawakes.wordpress.com

  7. List of Things Dying

    Edward Hopper Sun In An Empty Room (1963) The fly dies firstfalling somewhere unnoticed in a windowsillor into the bottom of a sinkthe spider waits for itin the same tired webit’s trusted all its lifebut nothing comes. The silent die nextthey wither slowlyin lonely apartments with bad plumbing,in hospital rooms,smelling like bleachthey dry inwardlike houseplantsleft in apartment windowsafter somebody moves outbut never comes back. An old man dies after thatthe ventilator coughslike a […]

    thetigressawakes.wordpress.com

  8. List of Things Dying

    Edward Hopper Sun In An Empty Room (1963) The fly dies firstfalling somewhere unnoticed in a windowsillor into the bottom of a sinkthe spider waits for itin the same tired webit’s trusted all its life.but nothing comes. The silent die nextthey wither slowlyin lonely apartments with bad plumbing,in hospital rooms,smelling like bleachthey dry inwardlike houseplantsleft in apartment windowsafter somebody moves outbut never comes back. An old man dies after thatthe ventilator coughslike a […]

    thetigressawakes.wordpress.com

  9. List of Things Dying

    Edward Hopper Sun In An Empty Room (1963) The fly dies firstfalling somewhere unnoticed in a windowsillor into the bottom of a sinkthe spider waits for itin the same tired webit’s trusted all its lifebut nothing comes. The silent die nextthey wither slowlyin lonely apartments with bad plumbing,in hospital rooms,smelling like bleachthey dry inwardlike houseplantsleft in apartment windowsafter somebody moves outbut never comes back. An old man dies after thatthe ventilator coughslike a […]

    thetigressawakes.wordpress.com

  10. #MissKittyRaw #Trump 2.0 is making the 1990s #Seattle #CD and #Hilltop #Tacoma #Little #LA sets seem relatively safe. 🤯🤯🤯 Man, you probably got a better chance #dying on the street with Trump than in a #coal #mine now. Shit. Can I get a witness!?

  11. Why more #Russians are reportedly #dying in #Ukraine than ever before

    A grim new record

    Russian #soldiers are now dying at an exceptionally high rate in Ukraine, according to #Ukrainian officials, in what could mark one of the #deadliest #killed-to-wounded ratios seen in modern #warfare.

    kyivindependent.com/russian-lo

    #RussianAggression #RussianImperialism #RussianCausalities #RussianLosses #deaths #RussianSoldiers #killed

  12. I would do better easily. So many if they could get access would do better. They are connected to the problems unlike millionaires who front for things like the #homeless #industrial #complex and keep the #homeless #dying #everyday in #America by policy. If they can't change it, get out of the way.

  13. A quotation from Paul Tillich

    Since every day a little of our life is taken from us — since we are dying every day — the final hour when we cease to exist does not of itself bring death; it merely completes the death process.

    Paul Tillich (1886-1965) American theologian and philosopher
    The Courage To Be, ch. 1 “Being and Courage” (1952)

    More about this quote: wist.info/tillich-paul-johanne…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #paultillich #tillich #death #dying #mortality

  14. Let them eat #HotRotisserieChicken

    This shows how out of touch these #millionaire #politicians truly are.

    Takes the cake, doesn't it.

    (Supposed) #Liberal, #centrist, #conservative, #fascist, #Nazi, they're all out of fucking touch with reality ... People are #dying from lack of #healthcare, from #despondency, senseless #violence.

    Let them eat
    Hot Rotisserie Chicken.
    That will fix everything.

    Fuck.

  15. Let them eat #HotRotisserieChicken

    This shows how out of touch these #millionaire #politicians truly are.

    Takes the cake, doesn't it.

    (Supposed) #Liberal, #centrist, #conservative, #fascist, #Nazi, they're all out of fucking touch with reality ... People are #dying from lack of #healthcare, from #despondency, senseless #violence.

    Let them eat
    Hot Rotisserie Chicken.
    That will fix everything.

    Fuck.

  16. Let them eat #HotRotisserieChicken

    This shows how out of touch these #millionaire #politicians truly are.

    Takes the cake, doesn't it.

    (Supposed) #Liberal, #centrist, #conservative, #fascist, #Nazi, they're all out of fucking touch with reality ... People are #dying from lack of #healthcare, from #despondency, senseless #violence.

    Let them eat
    Hot Rotisserie Chicken.
    That will fix everything.

    Fuck.

  17. Let them eat #HotRotisserieChicken

    This shows how out of touch these #millionaire #politicians truly are.

    Takes the cake, doesn't it.

    (Supposed) #Liberal, #centrist, #conservative, #fascist, #Nazi, they're all out of fucking touch with reality ... People are #dying from lack of #healthcare, from #despondency, senseless #violence.

    Let them eat
    Hot Rotisserie Chicken.
    That will fix everything.

    Fuck.

  18. #California's #SanFranciscoBay is home to Eastern North Pacific #GrayWhales.

    Residents & researchers now get to closely observe how they feed, breed & socially engage. They've also brought growing unease: why are so many of them #undernourished & #dying?

    In 2025, a record number of 21 dead gray whales were found in San Francisco Bay. So far this year, 7 have died due to a combination of dwindling prey availability, climate change & human causes, researchers say.

    bbc.com/news/articles/c9qdd8qv

  19. Darwin California now wants people as its down to 30 So as part my desert meanderings I have explored the boundaries of NWS China Lake and the northern boundary requires a trip through this city. The people I encountered were hostile and unfriendly and got the curtain moving to peek at me driving through, stuff I last encountered years ago on a Sunday in Utah polygamy territory.

    Its also literally BF Nowhere so what would you be moving there for? #Mojave #desert #dying #ghosttown #travel #Darwin

    sfgate.com/california/article/

  20. You learn things about people when they pass away. My mil had such a romantic and dreamy side to her. Found a tiny angel pinned to a bra and lucky pennies that had descriptions about the luck they found after. I hope to leave some surprises about me for loved ones to find. #bereavement #grief #dying