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Terrific Birthday Bouquet

They sent their mother the perkiest birthday bouquet It was okay now that they did not visit every day. One lived two blocks, the other a whole mile away. One could barely stay. The other was dour and gray. As her nurse, I was sad they did not come by Tuesday. Or answer their messages which they did not bother to play. For that is the day their mother passed away.

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Bill Baker

Date: 5/10/2022 9:33:00 PM

WOW! that was a bad thing to happen. They're going to have thoughts about that for a while. Thanks for sharing, Caren. A poet friend in Texas, Bill

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/11/2022 7:53:00 PM

They are going to have to live with it.

Katharine L. Sparrow

Date: 5/10/2022 2:59:00 PM

Ohh, I can relate to this, as my parents, in their 90's, are in a nursing home now. My brothers and I visit often, but it is sad that they can no longer live at home. Very tragic to die on her birthday. Nice monorhyme.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/11/2022 7:53:00 PM

It is so sad!

L Milton Hankins

Date: 5/10/2022 2:00:00 PM

Ah, this is so sad, Caren. So close and yet they let their mother die alone. They'll regret that someday, methinks.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/11/2022 7:53:00 PM

They are probably kicking themselves.