Alzheimer's Disease

Mental degeneration
in the nervous system
is Alzheimer's ablation
striking "creme de la crFme."
Dysfunctional synapses
misfiring in the brain
cause major memory lapses
by baneful "coup de main."
Insidious mutations
create a double bind:
live with the aberrations
and slowly "lose your mind."
Personality changes
in disposition mien
progressively estranges
kindly "metteur en scene."
A gradual receding,
before their very eyes,
loved ones are left repeating
their sad, lost, "long good-byes."