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A Fragmented Mind

March 11, 2019
By readercaroline4 GOLD, Nashotah, Wisconsin
readercaroline4 GOLD, Nashotah, Wisconsin
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Walking outside clutching purple balloons—we all wear black.

Nana, confused, weeps—though she can’t recall her daughter, Kathy.

Alzheimer’s. She knows she lost someone close, but she doesn’t know who...


The author's comments:

This is written in a Korean poetic form called sijo. This is about my aunt's funeral, and my Nana didn't understand her daughter died because she suffered from Alzheimer's. 


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