Dying at Home (a Blitz)

Dad is home

Dad is old

Old and living

Old and dying

Dying alone

Dying free

Free to be

Free at peace

Peace is work

Peace is hard

Hard to walk

Hard to hear

Hear the TV

Hear the groans

Groans of pain

Groans of time

Time won't stop

Time speeds up

Up at 6

Up and moving

Moving bowels

Moving chores

Chores don't stop

Chores keep strength

Strength to move

Strength to prove

Prove you can

Prove you're a man

Man must live

Man must die

Die someway

Die someday

Someday will come

Someday Sister calls

Calls about Dad

Calls on the phone

Phone calls me

Phone from Dad

Dad eats oatmeal

Dad plays poker

Poker is fun

Poker is life

Life is fleeting

Life is dying

Dying alone

Dying at home

Home....

Dying....

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