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THE COUNTY HOME
On a cold wet November night
In a small Midwestern town
A man sits at the county home
In a worn hospital gown
He stares across the rainswept lawn
Through a sheer dirty curtain
He knows he's not caught in a dream
That's the only thing that's certain
His thoughts are filled with a question
When old age took body and mind
Was it quick or painfully slow
That answer he'll never find
Yesterday is like tomorrow
And today is just the same
Trapped alone in a senile world
Only 'God' knows who's to blame
A body that seems never to work
A mind only now and then
I wonder who it was that said
The elder years are golden
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