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Hail Mary

Working in a nursing home can be fun, those darling old folks sure have me on the run, like Mrs. Butt who says, I need to brush my boots, or the nice old man, Huckerbee, who calls is salad roots. Oh dear, my sciences are blocked cries Sadie, she is sweet but her mind is just a little too scary, at mealtimes she is always looking for salt for her tea, she likes to wander up and down the halls following me. It may be a pigment of my imagination, but I am exhausted, must be time for vacation, after I chase them down, I lay them down to sleep, each dear soul safe under a pure white hospital sheet. And as I turn off the light, a soul is praying, blessed at thou, Frail Mory . . . . ________________________ June 27, 2013 Poetry/Rhyme/Hail Mary Copyright Protected, ID 06-488-930-27 All Rights Reserved, 2013, Constance La France

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Date: 5/22/2015 10:08:00 PM
soupmail, dearie
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Date: 7/22/2013 11:52:00 AM
This was delightfully funny and perfect !! Congratulations to you, Constance!!
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Date: 7/20/2013 12:11:00 AM
Hi there and many congratulations on your win Constance , nice one xx
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Date: 7/19/2013 6:03:00 PM
Very clevis Lonnie!...I am in complete awl of the rind you have reposed here!...You are an extremely reversable poet and I am your smallest fan...Conflagurations and rest dishes...PS: Is Canada Dry up there this time of fear? If so-so, I surly hope you're not experimenting a doubt - Trim
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Date: 7/19/2013 5:23:00 PM
congrats on your win Shadow x smiles
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Date: 7/19/2013 5:07:00 PM
love it....congratulations. ....Skat
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Date: 7/19/2013 3:27:00 PM
Constance, Congratulations on your winning poem...PD
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Date: 7/19/2013 3:17:00 PM
Congratulations on your fine win, Constance! Cheers, Roy.
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Date: 6/29/2013 3:46:00 PM
love this, my friend - I can imagine your patients and picture your gentleness and patience x
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Date: 6/27/2013 7:14:00 PM
This is so adorable!! It makes me want to remember their clever, if accidental language!!! love it!! ps......many many thanks Constance, for my placement in your contest. Each form was a pleasure to write, and came from the heart of my daughter's experience with grief. ! Thank you very much...
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Date: 6/27/2013 5:04:00 PM
Clever... good luck in the contest... Terry
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Date: 6/27/2013 5:00:00 PM
This is a fantastic write my friend! I truly loved reading this enlightening and positively amazing poem this evening! What a wondrous piece, Great Work!!
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