FredPeyer

You will love it there

A large room

Populated by the

Living dead

Playing stupid simple games

Because it’s all there is

Coloring with crayons

Spaces with numbers

Too small to see

With tired eyes that have lost

Their Sparkle

A long time ago.

 

Waiting

Forever waiting

 

The kids had said you will

Love it there

They had said nothing of the

Stupid simple games

Nor of the paint by numbers

Too small to see

They had said we come visit

All the time

These thoughts crawling through

A mind too tired to care

 

Waiting

Forever waiting

 

700 dollars a day

Apparently

For a small room with

A bed and a recliner

And hours of stupid simple games

Followed by paint by numbers

Too small to see

Oh, and there are some meals

Glorious in their indifference,

But no alcohol and no cigarettes

Have to stay healthy

For many more years to

Enjoy the stupid simple games

And paint by numbers

Too small to see

 

Waiting

Forever waiting

 

Another weekend with no visits

But at least no games either

And no paint by numbers

That starts again on Monday

On the weekend if

There is no rain

Sitting outside

Watching the birds

Or nothing

With tired eyes that have

Lost their sparkle

 

Waiting

Forever waiting

 

They said you will love it there