Truman’s face hangs in the hall
then they trick me with a quiz
and ask me who the president is
they show me movies on TV
familiar faces I do see
of actors who are long since dead
I swear they’re messing with my head
calendars are always near
that show the month but not the year
they tell the day and what’s for lunch
what year it is I have no hunch
there are no current magazines
pictures all show by-gone scenes
all day long I have to see ‘em
it’s like I’m living in a museum
they never let me watch the news
afraid that it will just confuse
but Bingo they will let me play
they say I’m better off this way
Wow. This brought back memories of my great-grandma in a nursing home. Very well written.
ReplyDeleteMy mother-in-law was in an Alzheimer's facility. It was just as you describe. But a nursing home? Not good.
ReplyDeleteSadness personified.
ReplyDeleteHeaven preserve us from ever reaching this place.
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ouch! that is so sad.
ReplyDeletetrapped, upset, and confused?
ReplyDeletewell done.
A++
love the visual imagery.
Oh that is so sad...I don't know what else to say it's just sad...but well written.
ReplyDeletePerfect picture painted. Sad, true, well written.
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