Saturday, July 11, 2020

The circle is completed (a short story)


The end was near and they both knew it. 
With tears in her eyes the nurse reached for a fresh diaper from the cabinet 
to change the elderly woman's diaper one last time.

'Come a bit closer, little girl.'
She was in her late forties and smiled because she was called 'little girl'.

The patient pointed at her name tag on her lab coat and said:
'In Kindergarten there was a girl in my group with your name, have I ever told you that?'

'I know, miss. That was me.'

'It's allright my dear. 
Once I changed your diaper, now you're changing mine. 
The circle is completed.'


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