Strange people

May 09, 2008 22:32

One of the characters in David Foster Wallace's absolutely mindblowing "Infinite Jest," theorized that the grim reaper, the dark passenger culling you to the grave, always appears in the form of your next life's mother. When you get born again, (as in out-of-the-womb ) as an entirely new being, you are born unto her. Unconsciously, she spends her entire life caring about you and protecting you out of a fiercely, compassionate love, an unconditional love quite unlike any love you will receive in your lifetime. The image resonating in my mind is a middle aged woman with fine brown hair, peering over her baby's crib, whispering "i'm sorry, i'm sorry, i'm sorry."

Something creepy to reflect on this Mother's Day.
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