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Sitting in the day room Mrs. Moot and her son jowl to jowl on the couch staring at the screen frozen on a Jeopardy question. Mrs Moot breasts feeds him Kentucky Fried Chicken. Full he curls into a middle-age fetus. Dutifully Mrs. Moot's son shakes his head like a mournful widow to the mantra of elderly stock phrases that his mother drones into the night. VISITING HOURS ARE OVER! Mrs. Moot looks at me and heads to the door her son calls to her in a fit of screaming emasculation " I love you mother!" " I love you mother!" "I love you mother!" She smiles apologetically " He always has been such a thoughtful boy."

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