# How would you describe watching someone slip away from dementia?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 30, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-watching-someone-slip-away-from-dementia/984789 "2023-05-30T21:53:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-watching-someone-slip-away-from-dementia/984789/25 "2023-06-02T08:25:02Z")

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**Landslips**

_Words fall away_  
_In slow erosion_

_Inch by inch_  
_My garden is lost to the sea_

_The face of a husband_  
_The name of a child_

_I wait at the window_

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