alzheimers

diamonds in the rough
gridding oil wells
cheaper by the ton
find out when they're done
the baskets are ready
ready to be tied
soon with the hummus
better off fried
or is it tofu
i cant remember
which has flavor
which does not
all the confusion
all the time
except some of the time
distant past
some present past
alzheimers
ask for it by name
when the pros go prose
when the prose go pros
dont know
confuses me
dark alley
where you melt down
your facts
to call them
shades of grey
no way
your facts your facts
why throw them away
your a bean ball counter
entrusted this way
today today
they flounder away
must get away
from all this
rhyming nonsense
and write something
tried and true
but the bats in my cobweb
got in my way
today today
rhymes go away
let ladders replace
all these bad rhymes
teeter totter
the lads up a
fine lead roof
where the worms are warm
where the beds are fine
and the squirrels leap
all over time
some nutshell
squirrelled up for winter
some nut job
squirrelled up for time
and the little ones say
laugh laugh the squirrels dead
and i say
where did that come from
but the walls keep coming in
doce does of wind rats and sails
blundering the parking lot
blending the gold
the god you could not commit
the winter of your understanding
half awake half asleep
you know your better off that way
just when time permits
you set the safety off
and all the other runners
run in place
but theres no place
for this
no place
for this
and the standard cams wind up
just before the blossoms explode
when the diamonds were missing
the check stands awake
all for a bunny
a dress stand
and a coffee mug
you were standing
there
i was standing
here
some dual
checkmate
and my soul let out
a sigh
and yours
and yours
and yours
alzheimers
a blended medicine.

denis streeter 9/5/11