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Rated: E · Poetry · Contest Entry · #2286077
a poem for a caregiver
Nothing is permanent except him


Each day a new T-shirt
her window of past joy
Andrea Bocelli
Simon and Garfunkel
a daily manic waltz

A daily manic waltz
as he provides her care
gold wedding rings still gleam
her memories have died
a requiem to love


10 lines--pirouette form. 10 lines--six syllables per line--line 5 repeats at line 6

Author's Note: I work in an adult dementia day stay. I have a severely memory impaired client, and yes she comes wearing a different T-shirt daily from her vast collection.
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