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From Joe's writing

At 77, Jack no longer walked as well as he used to walk, peed as well as he used to pee, or thought as clearly as he used to think. It’d been a good life, though, all things considered, so he wasn’t complaining. He just wished people had a little more patience these days.

— Beautiful Monster, from Eventual Beginnings: Stories Short and Longer