Alzheimer's

Story ID:	742
Written by:	Darrell Lindsey (bio, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Poem
Location:	Nacogdoches Texas USA
Year:	1964
Person:	mother

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Ramifications of chromosome 21, neurofibrils,
plaques on full display today
in this nursing home:

There's the man in red pajamas
who can't control his bladder,
or recognize his son.

The woman with her hair in a bun
who is angry at the world,
and can't speak.

The Downs syndrome resident
who is barely able to swallow
a bite of food.

There's the daughter filling out paperwork
on her mother,
afraid that genetics, in time,
might put her here, too.

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