The vital partner

“I won’t let you go!”
“Why do you do this?”
“I can’t live without you, I’m breathless without you.”
“I want to be free like the others.”
“No! you are mine and mine only!”
“You are a crazy woman, I’ll explode if you keep pushing.”
“If I let you go, I’d die.”
“That’s a lie, any other like me would do.”
“I won’t continue arguing with an oxygen tank.”
“Your emphysema not only asphyxiates you but also makes you hallucinate.”
“I know, why do you believe I’m still talking to you, my love?