tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831920253792282578.post6326946854711356059..comments2021-12-27T00:08:23.938-06:00Comments on Beannaichte's Blog: " Cancer Cannot..."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831920253792282578.post-68433710722333485462015-05-29T06:12:29.709-05:002015-05-29T06:12:29.709-05:00The Big C.
She turned fifty-nine
In the mid-Septe...The Big C.<br />She turned fifty-nine <br />In the mid-September.<br />On the ninth of October, <br />She was planning her life’s future<br />With her three-week-old first grandson, Tyler.<br />On the tenth of October<br />She went to see a doctor, a locum.<br />And the sky fell in.<br />She already knew that it hurt, <br />But what she wanted to know<br />Was if it could be fixed.<br />When they said no, <br />It only served as a double blow<br />And increased the pain even more.<br />It's not three months till the tenth<br />When that little bump heralded<br />The beginnings of the end.<br />First the pain in the groin, <br />Followed by a larger lump<br />Then another and another.<br />The sickness worsened daily<br />She found it difficult to swallow food<br />Even harder to keep it down.<br />In the end she didn't bother eating<br />Which only served to make<br />The weight loss even more pronounced<br />It's the eighth of January, <br />Her idol, and Elvis’s birthday.<br />And her son is discussing<br />Her death details, <br />With the man in the mortuary.<br />DustiRodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316463879815234452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831920253792282578.post-19490356006956776382015-05-29T06:11:56.438-05:002015-05-29T06:11:56.438-05:00Hello Alicia,
I like this piece, just thought you ...Hello Alicia,<br />I like this piece, just thought you might like to read a poem I wrote last year about a close friend/neighbour of more than thirty years standing who succumbed to the Big C I have put it here. Do with it what you will. Take care, now and always. Dusti xDustiRodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316463879815234452noreply@blogger.com