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Alzheimer

Story ID:	3154
Written by:	Cynthia Jo Ross
Organization:	Lens to the Past
Story type:	Poem
Writers Conference:	$500 2007 Family Memories Writing Project
Location:	Andover Kansas USA
Year:	1999

Alzheimer

His name is Andy
But I called him Jake
Boy did I make a big MISTAKE

Next time I saw him
I called him Joe
He repeated his name real s-l-o-w

I tried to explain
How forgetful I am
Names aren’t my key function

The harder I tried
The more confused
I became

Names tumble around
In my rattled brain
Until I began to mumble

Names I once heard
Since time began
From Adam, Ruth and John Smith

Faster and faster the names
Came out of my mouth, until
Finally I stopped

I took a big breath
"If your name is Andy
Then who am I?"

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