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She had the odd visitor who interrupted the ever deepening and harsher breaths of his mam and thoughts of solitude and hope springing eternally.

How they marvelled:

-It’s not our Pat is it? She had so much, so much…well y’know she was your mother…

-It’s a shame isn’t it that it had to end this way…

-I just can’t believe it’s happened…

-It’s all so sudden isn’t it…

-I only saw her the other day at the…

-Cancer eh what can you do…I had an aunt once who had the big C…

They were cliched words from cliched people of static minds. Dennis could not come up with anything better or different or worse, it was what it was and this saddened him to the core.

“IT’S SHIT…COMPLETE AND UTTER HORSE BOLLOCKS,” was what he wanted to hear.

The nurses had to usher him away at nights, forcing him to go home and sleep and face his family and their soulful mourning eyes.

-Whether he was there, by her side, or not she would soon die.

He didn’t feel right not being at the hospital. Who would hold her hand, moisturise her lips, feed her sips of water, talk to her when she appeared…