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Another Lonesome Bed.
It started with some wheezing,
from the dungeon of that cheery home.
A choking, retching sound came out,
an ambulance was called.
They couldn’t take her all alone.
Staggering, mad as rabbits.
Her mouth was slinging ropes of drool.
Those spectacles she wore
had slid down her face,
she looked truly, a fool.
Her son so calm,
calling for her rescue.
A place he’d been one million times,
he turned off the lights to that dark hole.
Almost like pushing, “undo.”
They didn’t want to keep her,
but would never admit it.
Why else put her in such a lonely place?
No lights, no sounds,
kept her quiet and hidden.
A sweet gentleman loaded her up,
her breathing shallow and slow.
I looked to her son,
he remained total composure,
saying only, “This is not my first rodeo.”
from the dungeon of that cheery home.
A choking, retching sound came out,
an ambulance was called.
They couldn’t take her all alone.
Staggering, mad as rabbits.
Her mouth was slinging ropes of drool.
Those spectacles she wore
had slid down her face,
she looked truly, a fool.
Her son so calm,
calling for her rescue.
A place he’d been one million times,
he turned off the lights to that dark hole.
Almost like pushing, “undo.”
They didn’t want to keep her,
but would never admit it.
Why else put her in such a lonely place?
No lights, no sounds,
kept her quiet and hidden.
A sweet gentleman loaded her up,
her breathing shallow and slow.
I looked to her son,
he remained total composure,
saying only, “This is not my first rodeo.”
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