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I was up to my fingertips Doing humanitarian shtick, Visiting a nursing home Where they're more dead Than sick; Playing and singing And doing my licks For those with clocks Near the last tick. They didn't mind My performance was sick. The woman occupying The bed next door, Would curse and swear Like a Tudor ***** Together we were Rocking the floor. Just then the P.A Called Code Blue, I played on through what ensued.. What was I to do? Then we heard Code Red, Code Red, The one next door yelled, **** I'm dead?* I heard her screech, Code Pink, Code Pink! I caught the refrain, Played a chord, The Tudor and I Were in full accord. What was I to think? Code Brown, she bellowed, Code Brown, she hollered, Hitting the ground Just near the toilet. *Code Green, Code Yellow, Code White, Code Black, I'm the victim of a Rainbow attack. **** it! **** I'm gonna die! Don't they know I'm colour blind.*
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May 14, 2015
May 14, 2015 at 8:59 AM UTC
Nursing Home Blues
I really don't like the idea of growing old. Don't patronize me with the alternative. You know squat about that. There's the smell of bleach and **** And the lingering odor of soiling Up and down the corridor. There's the swish of mops, And night comes early. You say you'll visit, but when? You're busy with life. I won't be seen at gatherings, Perhaps a visitation for old friends. The world should spin counter-clockwise Before expelling me in its daily gyration. I want a giant to hold me again, And tell me I'm a good boy for eating, For crapping in the toilet. Soon enough, but you don't dare say so aloud.
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Jun 23, 2017
Jun 23, 2017 at 1:00 PM UTC
I Don't Want to Grow Old