Ch. 4 - Obituary #3
In which I present Ch. 4 from my memoir "My Own Private Waste Land"
Chapter 4 continues “Part 1 - The Burial of the Dead” in my memoir My Own Private Waste Land. Part 1 covers 4 major deaths, my brother’s death being the first that signaled the start of a decade in which my life completely unraveled.
Not causally. But sequentially.
But how could one not be affected by a brother’s death?
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Chapter 4 – Obituary #3
Elisabeth Sue Hornbrook was preceded in death by her father, the good Reverend Lynn William Hornbrook, and her brother, Seth William Hornbrook.
She was 29 years old.
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I heard about Elly’s death through an email.
Nobody called. I mourned alone. The unbearable had become routine. Paralysis had become anesthesia, a winter in the bone to fight off feeling.
The family tree withered at the roots.
The question was no longer why.
The question was who’s next.
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