DO YOU HAVE TO LEAVE SO SOON?
Are words that echo up and down
the halls of my nursing home
as guests end their visits as soon
as they can without witnessing
a hullabaloo of a Grand Opera.
Visitors of loved ones come in
obligatory visits that are not
always heartfelt as you can see
by the number of visitors who
can’t stop texting on iphones.
Grandkids don’t want to hear any more
stories about my 12-piece orchestra
when they’re absorbed in the news
of the latest Hip-Hop or Rap singer
who just got shot.
I get lined up in a row with other
wheel-chaired residents to view
a gigantic TV as my guests hustle
out the door.