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he was 65, his wife was 66, had

 

Alzheimer’s disease.

 

 

he had cancer of the

 

mouth.

 

there were

 

operations, radiation

 

treatments

 

which decayed the bones in his

 

jaw

 

which then had to be

 

wired.

 

 

daily he put his wife in

 

rubber diapers

 

like a

 

baby.

 

 

unable to drive in his

 

condition

 

he had to take a taxi to

 

the medical

 

center,

 

had difficulty speaking,

 

had to

 

write the directions

 

down.

 

 

on his last visit

 

they informed him

 

there would be another

 

operation: a bit more

 

left

 

cheek and a bit more

 

tongue.

 

 

when he returned

 

he changed his wife’s

 

diapers

 

put on the tv

 

dinners, watched the

 

evening news

 

then went to the bedroom, got the

 

gun, put it to her

 

temple, fired.

 

 

she fell to the

 

left, he sat upon the

 

couch

 

put the gun into his

 

mouth, pulled the

 

trigger.

 

 

the shots didn’t arouse

 

the neighbors.

 

 

later

 

the burning tv dinners

 

did.

 

 

somebody arrived, pushed

 

the door open, saw

 

it.

 

 

soon

 

the police arrived and

 

went through their

 

routine, found

 

some items:

 

 

a closed savings

 

account and

 

a checkbook with a

 

balance of

 

$1.14

 

suicide, they

 

deduced.

 

 

in three weeks

 

there were two

 

new tenants:

 

a computer engineer

 

named

 

Ross

 

and his wife

 

Anatana

 

who studied

 

ballet.

 

 

they looked like another

 

upwardly mobile

 

pair.