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Picking up a Cardboard Box at the Nursing Home
In a cardboard box: a Rosary,
glasses
A change of clothes, a pair
of shoes, some socks
The miscellaneous bits and
bobs of life
At the end of it
The nurses’ aide says she
will pray for him
And probably she will; she
seems nice
And truly everyone has been
nice but now
It’s time to go
Some of the staff are on a
cigarette break
On picnic benches out front –
life goes on
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