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Demented and contracted
Cachectic stage before skeleton
Another stroke last week
Choking on her own saliva
Staring off to the right
Imaginary windows or mirrors
Anybody’s guess
It won’t help her, I tried to say
But not with any conviction
The family insisted:
A feeding tube for nutrition
Mom needs it to get better
The bite block framed
Her swollen dry tongue
Her eyes watered.
Then glazed over
I began to feed
The lighted black scope
Down her throat .
When it occurred to me
To wonder if anyone had asked
If she was even hungry
2/20/24
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