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I Hate to Watch
April 30, 2010
I hate to see
your messy apartment
papers on the table
dirty dishes in the sink
I hate to hear
Dad telling you
again
to take your pills
knowing
you will forget
I hate to taste
food from you
green beans
used to be
the best
flatbread
tasted so good
now burnt, tasteless
I hate to smell
the hospital ward
the disinfectant
the air of people
who won’t fully
recover
from their stroke
I hate to watch
as you
slowly
slip
farther
away
I hate to know
I can’t
do
anything
to bring you back.
© Amanda F., Orangeburg, NY
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DiamondFire BRONZE said...
on May. 27 2010 at 10:34 pm
I know this sounds morbid, but I like it when my poems almost make people cry. It means that they mattered, and it makes me feel like I accomplished something. So...thank you.
SassyJones GOLD said...
on May. 25 2010 at 7:53 pm
i almost cried. i felt exactly the same way with my nana
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