Sears Roebuck suit tight across your back
Blinking teary eyed like a goddamned girl
You watch as I cross the stage gowned in black,
Work boots hidden walking out of your world
One night you thrashed and screamed in pain
Confusion and fear- what’s wrong- what’s happening
To me- wh..wh..Why- waiting for answers that don’t
Come. Later- It’s a seizure damage may be serious-
Nervous chatter before the wedding
Our eyes connect- simple smiles of hope
Thick Mick necks in rented tuxedos
Sweating we charge ahead committed
Fully automatic, stainless steel machinery
Florida Power and Light supporting artificial life
Delaying natural death- the decision our dilemma
He’s in a coma and in God’s hands now
Work took us away from home, wanting things
Cash cars country house- playing the game
Growing together isolated self-dependent
The first grandson- we called-you came
Knowing you-as I am- as you were
The failed body had no hold on my heart
Willingly I signed the forms again and again
Killing the power- killing what was no longer you.