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I’ll Push The Cart

Janet Kuypers, 06/27/06

every time we went to the grocery store
we’d want to help her out,
take the cart for her
so it would be one less thing
for her to worry about
but she always insists,
“I’ll push the cart”
and like me, she’d put her purse
in that little basket that fold out
and we figured, hey,
she’s the mom,
she has always been in control of everything
this makes sense

but after a year or two
she fills us in
that she wanted something to lean on
because, well,
she’s lived a long life
and she’s getting older
and more tired

and I think about this now
after the two rounds of chemo
failed to rid her blood of the cancer
and my sister takes her for occasional walks
while she’s in a wheelchair
so she at least has different sights to see

and every time I visit her now
she’s resting on the couch
because with her platelets so low
with her needing blood to rejuvenate her
she’s tired all the time now

so yes,
she needs something to lean on

and I’m far away
and I wish I could be there
so she could lean on me

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