On the radio, the man waiting to die explains what he is doing to feed the stories of his life into a computerprogram. The more stories he can tellbefore his cancer claims him, the moreinformation the program will have to search through, so any family … | Luisa A. Igloria June 14 | On the radio, the man waiting to die explains what he is doing to feed the stories of his life into a computer program. The more stories he can tell before his cancer claims him, the more information the program will have to search through, so any family member who has a question can hear an answer in his own voice, resembling one he might give, were he still alive.
Perhaps it is better to spend the time left to you, like this. Perhaps the sorrow is too much, staring at a hospital wall or out a window at lake water crisscrossed with shadows of ghosts. Some people don't wish to be burned when they pass; some want to go into the earth simply, without wrappers, so they can grow back as a tree. None of us know what it really means to be immortal. You only know you want something of you to go on. | | | |
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