ALZHEIMER POET
I’ve heard that thud before
that thud on the floor
And then a dog barking so I forgot
so many things to do
but I haven’t really
Abstract thoughts line up
like pegs in your mind
Hang out the washing
mop the floor, what was that thing
that dropped on the floor?
Hang on, I haven’t eaten
anything, wait
I’m having one of those days
I’ll take my pills, my life is
filled with so many thrills
That dog is barking again
Its no life when your kept in a pen
I’ll write about this later
because it reminds me of me
again, I am feeling all at sea
After the lunch break
I’ll go for a walk
Out to the backwoods
and I’ll hunt for that hawk
he often comes to my aid
Back from those magical woods
Tall Scots pine and gorse
In Tuny’s field I saw the black horse
I head through my hallway, always
best way when nature calls
So there it sits on the mat
been lying there all day
and I’ve been too busy to open it up
my first book of poems, at last
a first stroke of literary luck!
© edenebraytoday15.01.2020
