11-24-02 - 11:51 a.m.
in my dream, my mother had a huge tumor on her stomach. it looked like she was wearing an inflatable swim ring under her blouse.
she has a week to live, said the doctor. wrap her up and take her somewhere nice to die.
my mother was very agreeable when i wrapped her in one of my brother's old west point blankets and put her in the car, but the process of deciding where she would spend the last week of her life exhausted me, so i woke up.