Delta40
09-19-2010, 05:59 PM
At the nursing home
Stripey George puffs up the corridor
on his wheeled frame
Another troubled visitor
choking back her tears
punches the PIN at the exit door
'Waiiit!' he cries and speeds up
one hand outstretched,
as the lady dabs her eyes
at the open door
and puts her hanky in her bag
She walks through
as George screeches to a record halt
and reaches for the handle of freedom
just as the safety lock ominously clicks
trapped animal groans echo through
the lifeless lounge where the elderly sleep
to Green Acres blaring on the tv
George whines like a wounded dog
and shuffles slowly round the room
muttering to no one who can hear
while an old lady bent in half
uses her hands to wash the floor
Stripey George puffs up the corridor
on his wheeled frame
Another troubled visitor
choking back her tears
punches the PIN at the exit door
'Waiiit!' he cries and speeds up
one hand outstretched,
as the lady dabs her eyes
at the open door
and puts her hanky in her bag
She walks through
as George screeches to a record halt
and reaches for the handle of freedom
just as the safety lock ominously clicks
trapped animal groans echo through
the lifeless lounge where the elderly sleep
to Green Acres blaring on the tv
George whines like a wounded dog
and shuffles slowly round the room
muttering to no one who can hear
while an old lady bent in half
uses her hands to wash the floor