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A Caregiver's Lament by ~wa11a6y:iconwa11a6y:

Categories Literature > Poetry > Family Life > Fixed


You pee on chair.
    You pee in your bed.
You pee on the floor
    On your way to the head.

You leave squishy puddles
    For bare feet to find,
Then doff your wet undies
    And show your behind.

It's really too much.
    This all needs to stop.
It's time to wear diapers!!!
    I love you, Pop.
©2008 ~wa11a6y
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My Dad is 80 and slipping away into the haze of dementia. Dementia is caused by an ongoing series of micro-strokes.

This was written to vent frustration over his increasing urinary incontinence and his refusal to wear adult diapers. It is possible to vent negative feelings in a humorous fashion.

For you younger readers, head is a slang tern for loo or toilet.

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~SaintlyDark:iconSaintlyDark: Mar 26, 2008, 12:22:54 PM
I read the first line and thought "What the hell?", but upon reading the whole thing I realized what it was you were trying to capture and it was well done.

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*pearwood:iconpearwood: Mar 26, 2008, 12:34:57 PM
Very well done. Thankfully our handicapped son had no problems with bed-wetting. (His two brothers, on the other hand...)

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~blu-paws:iconblu-paws: Mar 26, 2008, 4:39:30 PM
At first, I honestly thought you were talking about your pet...than your granddaughter. My grandpa had my mom go crazy with the same problem(#1 and #2), luckily I was too young to remember well.

It is very possible to vent and be humorous.:nod:

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*DarknessAndLight:iconDarknessAndLight: Apr 22, 2008, 8:11:11 PM
Well done. It made me smile, but at the same time, reminded me of the inevitable future I have when it comes time to care for my own parents.

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~wa11a6y:iconwa11a6y: Apr 22, 2008, 11:08:51 PM
Thanks!

Yep! It's something you tend not to think about until it begins happening. :shamrock:

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"Ego iracundus sum, et tu libidinosus: vide, quam non conveniat his moribus."
Petronius - Satyricon
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