life propped up
by memories
and denials

This is not one of my haiku but it appeared in Blithe Spirit  (2018) Volume 28 Number 2 under the column 'Tricky Haiku' where Colin Blundell invites comment on these. I suggested:

life
propped up by memories
and denials

Blithe Spirit (2018) Volume 28 Number 3 page 14

my mother’s life
reduced
to two folders
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reduced
to two folders
my mother's life

in the nursing home

Coronation Street

as my mother passes

tribute festival
more corpulent versions
of the real thing