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The exact source of the sorrow is
Difficult to determine
As I entered the room with a plate
Already quite full
Hospital, nursing home
Old conversations
Already quite stale but
Willingly rehearsed
The matriarchal
Queen of the roost was
Fast asleep, mouth agape
Sufficiently sprawled
Thoroughly wired and plugged
Prodded, as needed
Once awakened
One would think her the
First and only to have ever felt pain
Such a familiar memory
I remember this tune
It is the only song she has ever sung
It took years to learn
How to hear
Any other

dg

2/9/11

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