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Volume 340:323 January 28, 1999 Number 4
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Alzheimer's 1, Tom nil

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(After extra time)

Years of getting it together, fretted, gone,

skills turned to dust, retrieval system spent;

the fabric of his life beyond repair.

With no there, there, his here and now's a blank,

a game of dice — with all the dots rubbed off.

Where every move's a guess, each guess mere chance.

Knees touching chest, Tom's real is now his bed,

the dry, the moist, the crumples hold him close;

the shredding that is day, laid off for night.


Shirley Willsher
159 Knightlow Rd., Harborne,
Birmingham B17 8PY, United Kingdom



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