Memory to us most important in truth it can be said
Without this great gift we would be of the living dead
Without a past or a present and a blank future ahead
Even the thought of memory lost is a thought of dread
The threat of Alzheimer amongst the aging does remain
The terrible disease that destroys the memory cells of the brain
Alzheimer sufferers their own families do not even recognize
The very thought of this to sadness gives rise
He was a dear friend up to a few years ago
But now he does not even recognize me my aging neighbor Joe
He has become completely dependent on his aging wife Kate
The mother of his children and his devoted soul-mate
It can happen to you and it can happen to me
Of the threat of Alzheimer's anyone is not free.
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