Thursday, May 2, 2019

Rehabilitation Comments

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Old men sit together, eating lunch
their single choice of ham
sweet potato, peas, pudding
there in the care home:
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Dr Antony Theodore 07 June 2019

To leave this expensive, bronze-wallpapered prison they must first stretch and tug balance and endure, twice per day embarrassed in their old man bodies flexing muscles gone soft without permission from their souls.. this stanza is really wonderful. thank u dear poetess. tony

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Jenny Kalahar 07 June 2019

Thank you, Tony! This was written when my father had broken his hip and needed to stay in a home away from his home for months. - Jenny

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Jenny Kalahar

Jenny Kalahar

Washington, USA
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