Alzheimer's

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The mind, a palace of thine invention

Dusty cogs amidst a'nther shelf of book

Memory e'er cann't recall to mention

A debt of mine own years hast blindly took


Each wrinkle testifies of such bill paid

His head of hair grown weaker but with age

Inside is but an incompetent maid

Long ago halted the cleaning of a page


The broom, now but a few loose straws of twain

Eyes cloudy, covered round the dust within

They speak of such horrible things as pain

Like all he is, an empty biscuit tin


I sigh, a smile, on faltering lips.

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