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associated to the paintings, writing, garden, acade mic research,
healthful food intake, exercise, labors and social contacts tha t
accompany us in our old age.
The alternative is to live in a cavern with a singular change
for special occasions or wear the same clothes day in and da y
out, until the pants stand up by themselves, at which point it's
okay to waste some water laundering them. Washing machines
are notorious for wasting water during so many cycles; there
could be nothing worse. Anyway, switching undershirts during
winter months, that aren't even getting sweated -up, is a form o f
psychological deprivation whereby one subject s his flesh to
freezing te mperatures; agrarian co mmunities pay little attentio n
to filth, so much water goes into the sewers because of people's
luxurious habituations .
I might interject the moot point that elderly people live
because they await relief from life's tedious chores , but wishing
to not sully the me mories of years of love they invested in their
children, or having never been fortunate to bear the m will
endure lengthy days of sufferance, late into life. Allow me to
describe the elaborate preparations involved in fixing a chicke n
soup: getting to the market, shopping, sc raping vegetables,
cutting the poultry, eat by oneself, clear the table, wash the
dishes, scrub the pot, clean the sink and work area, and dispose
of the garbage. It's more likely he'll consume a trans -fat
che mical-polluted fast food snack and throw away the wrapper.
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