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Rated: ASR · Poetry · Experience · #1850173
More the just short-term memory lose
Another night of listening for her tears;
of longing for the mother,
she used to be.

Our positions are reversed
this is the Alzheimer’s curse!

She is a child crying
out in fear,
striking
in anger,
and thinking
everyone hates her.

Line count: 11
Form: Free verse – no meter, syllable count, stanza length, or rhyme scheme required.
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