Miss Helen dancing with Don Keller (photo provided by: Ann Mahorner)
Dancing with Miss Helen: Never Missing a Beat 10/20/12
Helen could barely lift herself today.
The effort to sit up so exhausting,
Our dance was reduced to basics:
Hand squeezing and wrist turning,
Yet always with the beat…
Helen is dying, slowly dying…
While never missing a beat.
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© Reece Burka 2/1/2019
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