I cannot watch our Mom decline
AMong the dank, forgotten lines
The posts of anger, red-complected
ANd other topics much neglected.
I will not stand or idly go
When Mom has started sinking low,
But will, with all my wit and main,
But strive to raise her up again!
While others, who are unlike me,
But more like mean old Rapparree
With softened pates and dull neglect
Reveal the depth of disrespect
By being elsewhere in their brain,
ANd letting Mom drift down again!