imaginary figments

04 Jul 2015

imaginary figments

in the dementia ward they
played poker with toothpicks
and told off-color jokes everyone
laughed at but nobody understood

nothing is real here one of them said
you’re all just figments of my imagination

I used to love fig newtons another one said

they don’t exist you idiot
not fig newtons or chocolate chip cookies
not milky way bars or rice crispy treats
not sugar and spice or anything nice

everyone chuckled except for the one
who used to love fig newtons

oh just shut up and deal he said
before the lights go out

july two thousand fifteen
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Posted in Poetry and tagged dementia, imagination, poem, poetry

8 thoughts on “imaginary figments”

Sincerely, Shawna on July 4, 2015 at 6:51 am said:

Interesting concept! Reminds me of one flew over the cookoos nest.

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- j matthew waters on July 4, 2015 at 7:21 am said:
  
  thank you – I can certainly see how that comes to mind
  
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Rose Red on July 4, 2015 at 7:24 am said:

Clever title, I see what you did there
^_^

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- j matthew waters on July 4, 2015 at 7:53 am said:
  
  thank- you Rose – I always appreciate you stopping by
  
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thefeatheredsleep on July 4, 2015 at 2:16 pm said:

I absolutely love this one

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- j matthew waters on July 4, 2015 at 2:32 pm said:
  
  I’m very happy that you do and thank you so much
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on July 9, 2015 at 7:22 am said:

This gave me shivers.. just last week my mother had to move to one of those places… pure shock.

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- j matthew waters on July 9, 2015 at 12:33 pm said:
  
  Oh my goodness, I hope she is doing okay.
  
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poetry by j matthew waters