Saturday, April 15, 2023

End of the Line


early morning drives

ports accessed with needles

recliniing chairs and

pouches of txins...

once a mnth perhaps

twice a month and maybe

several days in a row,

patients from all over

arriving at various times

throughout the day

to receive treatments

intended to extend their

lives a little longer...

nurses, practioners, assistants

along with doctors

administer the drugs trying

not to become too friendly

who may not live long...

patients share stories with other

patients, never to be seen

again and wonder if it is what

they might have said...   some

of us live longer than expected

some shorter but we all 

have a common cause and we

share the same traumas until

our cancer finally wins the game.


April 6, 2023

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