Dementia - Dementia by Ruth Bavetta
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Dementia
Dementia
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Dementia
My mother’s purse,
almost empty,
brass clasp gaping open,
shredded tissues,
cracked mirror,
black lining,
no keys inside.
published in RE:AL, The Journal of Liberal Arts
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My mother’s purse,
almost empty,
brass clasp gaping open,
shredded tissues,
cracked mirror,
black lining,
no keys inside.
published in RE:AL, The Journal of Liberal Arts
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Dottie
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Ruth -- this is one of my favorites of your writing -- it just gets me in the gut every time I read it.
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Philip
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Oh my, this is my mother too. Shredded tissues and no keys inside.
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Mark
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Right on! This says thousands of things in only a few words. I love it, love it! I can see it, really see it. And the title is the key, the key to no …more
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Jayne
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The final line, "no key inside" is so poignant. How she either no longer needs keys or maybe cannot remeber what they are for--powerful.
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Mary
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Amazing how a few simple, well placed words can evoke such emotion - brought me right back to my childhood.
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Books Ring My Bell
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brilliant... captured the heartache of the Alzheimers we have delt with.
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Anna
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Truth lies at the bottom of the well and Your poem is nothing but the pure truth! I just hope I will have enough strenght when my mother's purse gonna…more
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Noran
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very well done--i have cared for these persons--lost souls for 26 years as a nurse. i might sound weird, but they are my favorite patients--they seld…more
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jp
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"no keys inside" what a way to express that there is no cure to this problem!
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Maria
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Okay - that does it! Now I've GOT to go read ALL of your gems! This is literally breath-taking!!
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Harley
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Love it. So much said with so few words. I saw my mother and thousands like her.
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♥♥maddie♥♥
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it's very flat out and sharp. serious issues are best described this way, because a nice description using flowing words and great adjectives make it …more
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Christina
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The image of shredded tissues are spot on! Thank you for sharing your poem.
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