04-03-2016, 08:35 PM
Your Turn Soon
in the nursing home
I turn the old gal side to side
every two hours
bedsores at least
we can avert
downstairs in the lounge
they're gathered
with their drool and walkers
some wheeled in chairs
whether they wanted to go
or not
today for an hour
two smiling performers
drum for the elders
a gentle rocking tatoo
that thrums in the floor
turns figures on the air
now see the chorus
of hypnotized ancients
lift up and walk on
turn by turn with the beat
these drums are kind
to keep a slow pace
for the meek
in the nursing home
I turn the old gal side to side
every two hours
bedsores at least
we can avert
downstairs in the lounge
they're gathered
with their drool and walkers
some wheeled in chairs
whether they wanted to go
or not
today for an hour
two smiling performers
drum for the elders
a gentle rocking tatoo
that thrums in the floor
turns figures on the air
now see the chorus
of hypnotized ancients
lift up and walk on
turn by turn with the beat
these drums are kind
to keep a slow pace
for the meek