{"id":434,"date":"2024-05-20T18:52:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T18:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/?p=434"},"modified":"2024-05-20T18:52:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T18:52:33","slug":"dads-hip-fracture-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/dads-hip-fracture-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad’s Hip Fracture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n



Dad\u2019s Hip Fracture<\/span><\/p>

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It took only one slip
from your chair<\/span><\/p>

to make your life as
fragile as the broken bone.<\/span><\/p>

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I\u2019ve
fallen and I can\u2019t get up<\/span><\/i><\/p>

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>

no laughs or sniggers <\/span><\/p>

from the television
audience,<\/span><\/p>

this time it is real.<\/span><\/p>

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Two <\/span><\/p>

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I know that you will not
walk again,<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Curled up like an autumn
leaf, <\/span><\/p>

you sleep. The pump that
carried you <\/span><\/p>

through 89 years, failing.
For the last time, <\/span><\/p>

it trickles the blood
uphill. Your last breath <\/span><\/p>

so weak it could not puff
out a candle.<\/span><\/p>

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Dad\u2019s Hip Fracture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took only one slip from your chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to make your life as fragile as the broken bone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve fallen and I can\u2019t get up<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

no laughs or sniggers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

from the television audience,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

this time it is real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            from   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                        Physical Therapy          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

            come            <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                        to                          up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                    lift you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know that you will not walk again,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curled up like an autumn leaf,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you sleep. The pump that carried you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

through 89 years, failing. For the last time,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

it trickles the blood uphill. Your last breath<\/p>\n\n\n\n

so weak it could not puff out a candle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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it trickles the blood uphill. Your last breath<\/p>\n\n\n\n

so weak it could not puff out a candle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                The Broken Plate 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dad\u2019s Hip Fracture \u00a0 \u00a0 It took only one slipfrom your chair to make your life asfragile as the broken bone. \u00a0 I\u2019vefallen and I can\u2019t get up \u00a0 no laughs or sniggers from the televisionaudience, this time it is real. \u00a0 Two \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 from \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Physical Therapy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 come\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 up.… Continue reading Dad’s Hip Fracture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-published-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions\/435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}