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  1. POLLENS, ROBIN MS, CCC-S

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The family pictures on the walls

 

The favorite chair

 

The narrow doorways

 

The collectables

 

The homemade banana bread

 

The dogs under feet

 

The cats over bags

 

Being walked out to the porch with the spouse to share their real concern

 

The quiet spoken sadness of an old man

 

The caring of spouses or daughters or sons we witness, we grow from

 

The warm rooms cold rooms odiferous rooms cluttered rooms

 

The view of the lake's edge now unattainable but by gaze

 

The birds at the window feeders bringing life and movement to a still life

 

The bills on their table, confusing, piling

 

The pills in the cupboard, growing, forgetting.

 

The greeting

 

The trust

 

The welcome

 

The faith

 

The everyday occurrence

 

A goal, a feat, a stretch

 

With persistence. With encouragement

 

To eat to talk to breathe to reach to sit to smile to think

 

The goodbye at the end. Last session.

 

At times brief.

 

At times lingering.

 

A connection in time, in space

 

Not lightly erased.

 

A home has been shared.

 

Their life

 

Beyond their speech, their walk, their dressing.

 

A rare privilege

 

To enter the doorway to another's life

 

And to give care, right there.