Tag: Cancer poem
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In the Cancer Museum
In the cancer museum I imagine where mine would rest in peace and ease. My eyes scan rows of organs: Disney’s lungs on top of Newman’s own racy pair; Ingrid Bergman’s left breast bump Bette Davis’ right— indiscreet voyagers; Audrey Hepburn’s colon nesting Farrah Fawcett’s like Tiffany Angels. I saw my…
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All This Chemo Is Making My Brain So Bright
Death, I notice, often comes with a smile and a kiss, a tender tuck of blanket into legs, a pull to the shoulders making shroud complete, a tender whispered secret. “Good bye” or “Good life”, it might be saying. But so does love. 2 The light of the cancer center is…
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The Nacre of Cancer
I have no taste for whiskey, although it seems over the years I have developed a proclivity for cancer, for building the nacre into pearl. It’s funny how one can live with death scooted to the borders, listening to it rap the door with sub-audible gusts that only your dog hears and barks at.…