Caren Krutsinger Poet Rhyme

Nursing Home Boogie

Apple blossom boogie
Whoopee Whoop Whoop
Double time and triple time
Have some vegetable soup

Fats Dominoes in the hallway
Shuffleboard too
Twist with Chubby Checkers
Add morphine to my stew

I’m catching glimpses
Dancing round my nursing room bed
The nurse starts screaming loudly
I guess I’ve fallen on my head

Give her extra pills someone whispers.
Dancing with Elvis’ blue suede shoes
I shut my eyes and pretend
I don’t hear these nuts and cuckoos

Prancing around the hallway
The alarms go off so loud
I’ve lost a lot of dignity
In this weird old people crowd

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Gershon Wolf April 11, 2020 at 11:08 PM What a blast!!! GET ME OUT OF HERE! Hahaha! Love it. ~ Gershon Caren Krutsinger April 12, 2020 at 9:59 PM This was one of those poems that takes off like a shotgun blast; I was just holding on for dear life during the first eight or nine lines. Then I thought "NOW WHAT?"

Connie Marcum Wong April 11, 2020 at 9:39 PM This poem reminds me of how my dear Aunt was treated at her nursing home. They had her so medicated that when she stood to go to the restroom she was dizzy and fell and hit her head and died. She was very bright in mind and spirit and it was so sad what happened to her. She was teaching the others how to embroider. I enjoyed this Caren. xxoo Caren Krutsinger April 12, 2020 at 10:00 PM I love to embroider. I used to teach children at school how to embroider; as far as I know only one out of twelve still does it.