This is part of a series of conversations with Nursing Home Residents.
Tuesday Lunch With the “Girlsâ€Â
At the Old Folks Home (9/2/08)
Characters:
Elaine: Driver/Volunteer
Louise: Ambulatory Resident
Virginia: Ambulatory Resident
Setting: A table at McDonald’s
Elaine: Well, Ladies, are you ready for a poem?
Louise: Did you bring the kitty or the spider?
Virginia: I hope you brought the spider.
I’m not afraid of them any more.
E: As a matter of fact, I brought
something I found on the Internet.
L: What kind of net is that?
V: Are you stupid or what?
She means on the computer!
L: Well, if it’s on the computer,
how come it’s in her hand?
E: I asked the computer to print it for me.
L: And it listened to you?
V: Everyone listens to her!
E: That’s what YOU think!
But here’s the poem:
(Reads, the ladies listen to the end)
‘A wise and weary child, not mine…’
(Silence for a few seconds at the end of the reading)
V: My daughter said I act like a child.
L: I’m old, but everyone treats me like a child.
I’m weary, too.
V: Oh! Look at the time. We’re gonna miss Bingo.
L: Well, at least that poem isn’t by the poor crazy
guy who thinks he lives on Mars.
E: I HATE to tell you this, but…
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