{"id":2944,"date":"2018-03-29T22:11:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T22:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/?p=2944"},"modified":"2018-08-24T14:46:31","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T14:46:31","slug":"a-double-etheree-on-living-with-m-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/2018\/03\/29\/a-double-etheree-on-living-with-m-e\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A Double Etheree on Living with M.E.&#8217;, by Linda Cosgriff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">A<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> man is<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> ill. Whispered<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> recollections<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> of what he once was<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> are all that sustain him.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> He has no hope. His aching<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> visions of what should have been kill<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> comfort. What could have been is a lie.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> He has no hope. He has no future. He<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> has only now. Life took revenge for a<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> life too well lived. He was a man out<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> of time. Now, there is nothing but<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> time. Resilient, he bears<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> it. He will not die. He<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> will suffer, always.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> He will not die.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> He does not,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> cannot,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"> live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">by Linda Cosgriff<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thelaughinghousewife.wordpress.com\/\">Author website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino\">United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man is ill. Whispered recollections of what he once was are all that sustain him.\u00a0 He has no hope. His aching visions of what should have been kill comfort. What could have been is a lie.\u00a0 He has no hope. He has no future. He has only now. 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