Isn't it strange how quickly we go from fit to frail?

Question

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PROFESSOR OLDMAN’S

LAST LECTURES

How can he shake so much?

The change is his pocket rattles as he walks.

As he passes, you want to stand,

taking him by the hand,

bracing him from the fall.

Pride is all he has left.

He doesn’t know how it pains everyone.

Still, just to be there when he speaks,

as if sparks could fly from the eyes of a man,

yet they do.

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Answer 1

Aye, aye!  

Answer 2

Yes, it does pain the people around....sad.....nice poem, though.

I had the same teacher in the 6th grade as I'd had in the 1st.  The changes in her were so dramatic...it hurt....even at that young age.

Answer 3

My diagnostics tell me Parkinson's... I hate this disease...

Answer 4

Your powers of observation are acute this morning.

Answer 5

I love the poem. Speaks wonders and the words are powerful.

For some reason, when I read the poem, my mind read Parkinson's?

Answer 6

Words become inadequate. Wow