She went to bed an hour ago
with the curlers in her hair;
leaving her dentures in a bowl to bathe.
This prompted me to believe
that she still loves me;
for were I twenty years her younger
instead of being five years older
I might have begged
for a new bar of soap….
2008 © on the eve of my 60th year
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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My grandfather had to sleep in the bath tub to......