November
Dementia clasps you tightly
talk of poisoned food
becomes persistent
Carers once tolerated in your bid
to remain at home are now
viewed as enemies
Food lies uneaten, even water from the tap
in your mind is a source of danger
to be avoided
you secrete uneaten food in delicate piles
first in garden, then tissue wrapped
inside the house
then physical decline with
symptoms catastrophic in effect
You refuse hospital
daughters, doctors, nurses, carers
all try persuasion unsuccessfully until
you lapse into coma
undiagnosed, the doctor admits you
where C difficile is found
hospital acquired infection
Your worst nightmare, hospital to you means death
your wish to die in your beloved home
sadly, cruelly denied
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