# Are You A Poet? Then Show It! 2-Electric Boogaloo

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** poetry\
**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-poet-then-show-it-2-electric-boogaloo/983141 "2023-04-25T00:38:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-poet-then-show-it-2-electric-boogaloo/983141/42 "2023-06-02T08:36:26Z")

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I’ll just add another one of mine I just posted in the thread on dementia while we wait:

> [@How would you describe watching someone slip away from dementia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-watching-someone-slip-away-from-dementia/984789/25):
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> **Landslips**
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> _Words fall away_  
> _In slow erosion_
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> _Inch by inch_  
> _My garden is lost to the sea_
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> _The face of a husband_  
> _The name of a child_
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> _I wait at the window_

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