Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Dementia Looks In the Mirror

Awful hair is filthy
Hairy legs are terrible too
Whose body is this?
Asked the raggedy lady in blue.

Her mind laughed of course
Knowing something was amiss
Dementia coaxed her into action
She gave a stranger a kiss

It is time to bathe you 
Said her uniformed keepers
You have to catch me first! 
She ran off in her sleepers.

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Gershon Wolf June 19, 2022 at 5:45 PM Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Better to laugh than to cry! Kind of glad I don't have to handle these types of people. Clever write, CK! Caren Krutsinger June 20, 2022 at 12:36 AM My dad had Alzheimers - it was horrible!

L Milton Hankins June 19, 2022 at 2:20 PM Ah, this is so typical. My mother-in-law escaped one nursing home. We had to put her in a locked ward. It was heart-breaking, but you have no other choice when they reach a certain level. Caren Krutsinger June 20, 2022 at 12:36 AM My father had to be in a locked ward too.