Keitha Keyes

Her Place

Mum is in hospital after falling and breaking her hip.

Because she lives alone,

doctors say

it’s unsafe 
for her to live alone 
… instead 
she must move
to a nursing home

Mum says

I want to live
in my own house
not decay
in some institution
with nothing to do

the family says

it will be good 
for Mum to be in care
she’ll get used to it
we won’t have to worry 
… so let’s just get it done

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About the Author

Keitha Keyes lives in Sydney, surrounded by antique irons and ship models. She enjoys writing tanka, haiku, senryu, cherita, and related genres. Her work is published in many journals and anthologies in Australia and overseas.

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