Saturday, August 14, 2010

Nursing Home Valentine

A persistent vegetative
existence augmented by
a voracious animal libido
inside a mineral will
here no one gets
out of bed unless
they’re dead
years of staying well
so they can deteriorate
over longer periods of time
skeletal pretzels
one fell and rolled
to his death
what does it mean to
say I don’t want to be
the one who feeds them
wipes their behinds?

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