Obit

Civility—died  on  June  24, 2009, atthe age of 68. Murdered by a strokewhose    paintings    were     recentlyfeatured  in  a  museum,  two  whitesquare  canvases,  black  scissors  inthe  middle  of  each,  open,  pointingat   each   other.   After   my   father’sstroke,     my    mother    no     longerspoke  in  full   sentences. Fragmentsof  codfish,  the  language  of  savages,each   syllable   a   mechanical   dartfrom   her   mouth.   Maybe  ...

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