the home

mysticweedmysticweed Posts: 3,710
edited October 2012 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
a child of Down’s
maybe 30 years old
two halls and eight walls
are all she’ll ever know
the staff such as it is
her family

raggedy-ass wheel chairs that barely roll or motorized push button gliders
doesn’t matter
they carry the same vacant eyes and gaping mouths
the stroked out, the senile
the one with hep c

oxygen tanks and liquid meds
mushy meals and diaper rash

one man claps
all the fucking time
another wails

they say “it beats the alternative”
that death is certainly worse
but from everything
that I have seen
hell no
I will fucking die first
fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

"what a long, strange trip it's been"
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  • Attaway77Attaway77 Posts: 3,151
    I like this... It's real...
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