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…lapsed on me when my mom called to let me know his heart stopped overnight. I couldn’t think or cry. It numbed me to a point that I entered the coma he just left to take up his space there, to preserve what he meant for this world.

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Deborah Barchi

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Deborah Barchi has recently retired from her career as a librarian and now has time to read, explore nature, and write poetry and essays.

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