Thank you for reading and responding, NE. I guess you didn’t see the "fiction" tag.
Or were you referring to my visiting my brother in prison? Rereading your response it could go either way.

But to explain: What I did was, I wrote the stuff in italics first. Then I realized I wasn't quite conveying what I wanted to convey so I projected myself into a future time when I have nothing left except the music of my life.
Since you are a regular reader I feel obligated to tell you that, if in any of my stories there is a character named "Carl," it's me.
In real life I alone visited my brother when he was in the slammer, and he had often expressed his gratitude. That was my jumping-off point.

I use the name "Carl" because that was what my dad wanted to name me. But my mom, a devout Episcopalian, wanted a biblical name.