Tag: death

Christopher Henry

This is in memory of Christopher Henry Owens, Shirley’s and Scott’s baby who died last Friday, a month before his due date. He was born the following day: 18 inches tall, 4 pounds, 6 ounces, reddish-brown hair. They took pictures, which I’ll see this weekend. At the hospital they got to hold him whenever they wanted. Last month I knitted him a little green sailor sweater and started on matching socks. The socks should’ve been […]

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On Death (1999)

Excerpts of letters from the Katie archive. May 17, 1999 She was a good pig a sweet pig a gentle pig but squeaked alot. Oh no. Wrong species. It was Ginna the HUMAN who died of itsy bitsy brain injuries, warn’t it? Last night in her Albany home, Ginna “Beanhead” Allison died with of itsy bitsy brain injuries sustained when she had earlier attacked a stud wall, thinking it was, in fact, a stud. She […]

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