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AD LIBITUM
After Cecilia Died
Tapendu K. Basu, MD, FRCP(C)
15 November 1998 | Volume 129 Issue 10 | Page 778
From where she sat,
her feet on the foot rests
and her hands on the wheels;
she looked from one to another,
never setting her eyes on one for long.
Her legs were thin,
unlike the rest of her;
born into it we had said.
She spoke slowly,
often repeating the same words,
or words that meant the same.
From her pulpit, her chair,
she made it understood
that if she could walk a step or two,
dear John would be free of care.
Then she would cook a thing or two
and surely dear John would love her more.
If dear John had the time,
and did not have to push the chair a thousand feet,
if he had time between his chores,
he would surely love her more.
After she died,
John kept the chair.
He pushed the chair down the street;
and gently turned back after a thousand feet.
He did this at least once a day,
with an umbrella over the chair
on a rainy day.
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