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‘God lovem’ coz they can’t help it

‘God lovem’ coz they can’t help it

‘God Lovem’ coz they can’t help it 

I sat down beside an old lady in our local geriatric home
She was what they call a ‘gatherer’ and bent down looking for her comb
You see there are phrases for the mannerisms 
‘God lovem’ coz they can’t help it
Alziemer and senility takes it’s toll on the mentally ill as they sit
So yes we have the ‘gatherer’ or the
Picker-upperer’ as they say
The ones who go to gather off the floor they are bending down allday
looking for God know’s what but
they stoop down to search galore
Then there’s the ‘Morbid’ well one can guess what that’s about
You see them staring into space 
dooms day is upon them
day in and day out

Of course there is the ‘Smiler’
Infact the old man sat opposite me 
kept grinning like a Chesire cat
Ahh he was so happy
Apparently there is the ‘Stripper’
he spends every second of the day
They put them on
He takes them off
He is such a laugh the nurses say
Alas there is the ‘Hoofer’
he or she will catch you by surprise
landing his best shot at fisty cuffin’ you right between the eyes
Now I listened to a ‘Storyteller’ and I could have sat there enthralled allday his tales and tall stories were full of wonderment and dismay
Mind you he told me the same thing over and over again
poor soul had lost his memory so he was stuck on the same snake 
train 

I adore our old senile people
We should always show them respect
coz none of us are invincible and senility is irrespective of who it will affect
Mental illness is so cruel and callous
a fine line between sane and insane
One minute one can be off their trolley and the next they are right as rain
But then again that’s just the complexity of the inner mind
It’s as fickle as a light switch
that switches one off
Dam thing is so unkind
How sad it is when one loses sight and reminisces of one’s past
Those simple things on photographs that should be made to last
Treasure your memories with joyful affections
Coz the day may come Heaven’s forbid when you have lost all recollections
 

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Marion

A very real picture of what we now expect to come hand in hand with age...god help us all. Praise also to all the caregivers in an underated, low paid and non status job when it is the hardest ,most brain frying and emotionally and physically draining job in ALL the world!! ..?

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Jill Tait

Yes totally agree luv ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Jill Tait

Awww sorry for making you feel sad luv ❤️❤️❤️

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Being Me

You've created such scene and atmosphere in this poem x

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Jill Tait

Awwww Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️

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