Roll

2015
My wife is
Suffering from
Dementia dying a
Memory at a time she
Still likes to eat out at
A local cafe which
Brings to our old
Table a basket
Of rolls so to
Cheer her
Up I use
My fork
And hers
To turn two
Rolls into feet
The forks into legs
And walk the rolls up
To her hand tap the
Roll toe to get her
Attention then
Cross the two
Fork legs to
Swing one
Roll foot
Up and
Down
She smiles
I think because
She remembers the
Old Charlie Chaplin bit
With baked potatoes
Feet but in any case
It amuses her while
We wait for our
Supper a way
To help her
Smile.