they’re doing
the Alzheimer Waltz
the one two
three Alzheimer Waltz
the tune is an
oldie
beyond all
recall
but they pivot
and twirl
on a sixpence of
dreams
his suit double
breasted
her stockings
with seams
all sense
disconnected
unplugged from the
wall
they’re doing
the Alzheimer Waltz
waltz of
forgetfulness
danced in a
wilderness
caught between
somewhere and
been there before
they know all
the steps
but can’t think
what they’re for
in the
one two three
Alzheimer Waltz
they’re doing
the Alzheimer Waltz
the one two
three Alzheimer Waltz
on snub
slippered feet
that forget they
remember
the dance tunes
of spring-time
in dying
December
they shimmy and
swirl
light fantastic
unerring
a dashing young
soldier
a slip of a girl
in the
one two three
Alzheimer Waltz
waltz of
forgetfulness
danced in a
wilderness
caught between
somewhere and
been there before
they know all
the steps
but can’t think
what they’re for
in the one two
three Alzheimer Waltz
they’re doing
The Alzheimer Waltz.
the one two
three Alzheimer Waltz
and the lights
on the tree
are as bright as
the light
in the eyes of
the dancers
who take to the
floor
in the one two
three
one two three
one two three
one two three
one two three Alzheimer Waltz
Chrys is an award winning writer who has performed her poetry across the UK, in Europe and the USA. Work has appeared in many journals, magazines and anthologies and been broadcast on Radio 3 and 4. She has published four collections, Inside Out (Pub: Autolycus/Times Publishing), Daffodils at Christmas (Pub: Galloway Poets Series), Greedy for Mulberries: Selected Poems 1989-2007 (Pub: Markings) and Old Times (Pub: Roncadora). Her new collection Grass will be published by IDP in July and another, to coincide with the 10th Anniversary of the Iraq war (untitled) by Roncadora in March 2013. She is The Literature Convenor of the Dumfries and Galloway Festival and Artistic Director of the Bakehouse, a flourishing poetry venue in S W Scotland.
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