This is our thousandth post since me and Dauphy kicked this blog off last August. We wanted to mark the occasion with something a bit different from our usual tongue in cheek attempts to get you giggling. Here then, is a serious poem about an awful condition that is affecting more and more of us as we live longer. Thank you for reading, and don’t worry, the next post will be back to our usual nonsense!
Dementia
My memories are jumbled,
a fluid kaleidoscope
of images
as tangled
as that spaghetti crap
they serve us in here.
Wherever here is!
I know it's not home.
Home is
where mum and dad live,
not here
where people wear pinnies
and masks
and ask silly questions.
'What have I had for breakfast?'
How the hell do I know!
Mum,
it's me mum,
Lucy!
Lucy,
who the hell is Lucy,
and who is mum?
I want my mum,
and my dad.
Let what's-her=name
find her own parents.
Bloody cheek.
And photos!
If anyone else
shows me any more photographs
of strangers,
I swear
I will smash the place up,
again.
Bloody morons!
Lucy?
Lucy darling?
Is that you?
Congratulations on the rapid milestone!
You are right, very different, but I’m a good way.
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Thank you mouse!
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Most welcome. At this rate you will pass me in less than a month.
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It is tragic. Well penned. π’. And congratulations on 1000 posts. It’s a kind of megaversary. πππ₯³π₯³π€
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Thank you on both fronts. Hobbo and Dauphy π
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Congrats on the 1000 posts!! And a very thoughtful post as well!!
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π Thank you Mr G!
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A sad condition, written well. Congratulations on # 1,000.
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Thank you my friend. π
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Youβre most welcome, Mr. H. Throws D a treat because some of those were his. ππ
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π Will do!
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It’s a stab in the heart.
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It is an awful disease π
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Yes it is.
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Congratulations my friend.
On the numbers but also on such a beautifully written piece π€π€π€
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Thank you charmer β€
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You’re most welcome π€ π€
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Beautiful capturing of the disease. Heartbreaking. Thank you.
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Thank you for your kind comments, Clare.
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