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VALERIE MACEWAN Nettie Nettie sits, propped up in a lounge chair surrounded by pillows, afghans, and live oak, I sit on the ground, my hands in my lap, sunglasses off. I look up at my mother, see the sun bounce off her face. .... and when I grow old, I will live in a castle on top of a mountain which is surrounded by water. I will have everything in the world that I wish to eat with salt and pepper, garlic, and ice cream, always, always, homemade ice cream with peaches, and toffee and caramels. I?ll have one of every kind of dog in the world and horses, yes horses, white horses, Arabians, running free on the beach below. Swimming in the sea.... horses swimming in the sea. Everyone who lives in my castle and everyone who lives in my castle will love me. They will want to be with me. I will never be alone and music will come from everywhere. All music.... opera, symphonies.... and some swing, yes, we?ll have Glenn Millers Band in the evenings. Violins, sopranos, vaudevillians, clowns, amusing me. They will make us laugh because they want to, not because someone pays them. I will be the center of attention. We will all want to be together. I?ll have a birthday party every day and cake, and ice cream, and presents and everyone will laugh. They will want to be with me. I will never be alone, not for one minute. And you?ll be there, won't you. You?ll be there and you?ll hold my hand until I fall asleep. You?ll still be holding my hand when I wake up. You won't let me be alone, you will want to be with me. You won't want me to live in one room, and sleep in a bed with steel rails and make me eat things I don't like. Nurse.... I don't want to go back now.... I want to stay with her.... Nurse, nurse, let her stay. Don't make her go.... please.
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