[Critique Group 1] leonards comments on Salley's piece

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A poignant  story of sharing  a most intimate time                                     in a person’s life. The end of life.  



What a surprising  request, to see  digs as the last  thing she sees.  



I am numbed by this one. 




 


 



   STEPPING INTO HOLY



 



An unlikely cast of characters,



we  gather in a nursing home room,



as we play our human and canine parts



beeping  equipmentthe sonorous score



of the last act of a dying woman’s life.



 



Honoring her wish to see dogs



Before cancer carries her far from



the antiseptic smell that cannot mask  



the odor of decay and fear,



my husband and I wear hospice tags   



and have brought our Labradors who cuddle 



beside her as she beams with gratitude.



 



Forming a circle of compassion, we are



held, for one exquisite moment, on eternity’sthreshold. 



 



BySallyRosenthal




 


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