Best Aide Poems

A brother I want
a sister I sought,
but in the end I am
alone and sad
with my heart contrite
in a rain of tears which I sought to dry
with the love of my dear.
Alas she is not.
For her stay I fought,
but sadly she left,
without a word,
without saying goodbye,
her...

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Two nurses and a doctor try to coax me into a wheelchair.
I sit firmly, hard, arms crossed, not doing it no matter what.
A nurse's aide comes in. She says "Therapy dog is down at X-ray today."
I jump into that wheelchair like the bed was on...

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