<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=577526" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Nursing Home</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Nursing Home<br>by James Alexandros Papastamos<br>I<br>Imprisoned by such hands of time<br>That rape, incest, and so infect<br>The body, mind, perhaps the soul<br>Of those whose crime was age…at best<br>II<br>Each wrinkle drew to map their world<br>When they were young, its mountains rose<br>But seas would drown in shallow pools<br>Of joy, reflection, guilt, remorse</div><div style="margin:10px 0">III<br>Though age, itself, is not so bad<br>The windows come to those who’ve seen<br>The best of all and worse to come<br>May those who’ve aged live on…in dreams</div><div style="margin:10px 0">IV<br>In nursing homes that foster such</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Papastamos">James Papastamos</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=577526" data-title="The Nursing Home de James Papastamos" data-description="The Nursing Home by James Alexandros Papastamos I Imprisoned by such hands of time That rape, incest, and so infect The body, mind, perhaps the soul Of those whose crime was age…at best II Each wrinkle drew to map their world When they were youn..."></div> </div> </div>

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