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Care Home Residency

By  Ellen Bell 2018
Third day of my residency at the care home witnessing fragile bodies being hoisted in their near quietus from armchair to wheelchair. Eating porridge takes her two hours. I'm ninety-two, she says, I'm always telling the truth.
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