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I’m not sure how his son would respond. Tom’s got a temper, but he also loves his father. I’ve responded patiently to the first six queries. I guess there’s no reason for this tobe any different.  \n“No, Pop. No mail today. We’ll probably get more Tuesday.”  \n“OK. Could I lay down, then?”  \nIt’s only ten in the morning. He’s been up for about three hours. But again, I don’t know what his son would say, so I hook up the hydraulic lift, get him out of his recliner, swing him around and lower him onto the bed. Before he drifts off, he asks me if any new movies are in. This time, I ignore it.  \nHe doesn’t dream the way younger people do. His dreams are like drowning. Some part of his mind knows that it’s dying, and it wants to live. I see pieces of his life—Germany while he coached soccer. Korea during the war. Languages he never really spoke. People he’d love to see again. His first wife. His second wife. His third wife, and thus his son’s mother. 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