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It’s Still Alright
“What’s that up there?”
“That’s the moon, Janey. Remember the moon?”
The moon. That’s the moon. What’s that up there?”
“The moon, Janey. It’s the moon. Remember the moon when we were young?”
“The moon. Moon. Moon.”
“That’s right, Janey. The moon.”
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Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect.
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect May 27, 2020
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
This sounds like a conversation I’ve heard my friend have with her mother-in-law who has alzheimers. But I picture it as being between a long-married, loving couple.
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Oh, there is so much story in these repeated words. Well done, Jan. Lovely.
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The way you repeat “moon” makes it sound like such a strange word. Exactly the way it would seem to Janey.
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A couple of things: 1) your piece was amazing and almost made me decide to give up before I started; and 2) I used moon so much that at one point I asked husband: how do you spell moon? because it started looking so strange.
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Alzheimer’s? The repetition gave me that feeling.
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Great exchange! Got a real visual of the participants.
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Yes you captured the conversation perfectly.
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