He becomes public. Our man breaks world record, becomes a statistic for hope. Trapped between aging and dying, he is made a Newsprint Baby, deemed a sage, captioned as the oldest man living, given a Goddamn plaque. We draw near with quiet desires for longevity, and listen.
“I sleep like a dog,” he says.
Catherine Foulkrod lives/writes in Brooklyn.
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