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0 posted 2010-04-25 12:40 PM



JAZZ CANCER

radiation,
chemotherapy --
the cancer
suffers too

yard sale!
bought a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle
called spilled milk --
wanna finish it
before I die

this morning
a bird flew
into the infinite sky
of my living room window

suicide
seems so funny
now
that my body
is the blade

radiation,
chemotherapy --
the cancer
suffers too

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Member Rara Avis
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1 posted 2010-04-25 03:37 AM


Wow. this left me a bit speechless, Anthony,
for I have become a little too well aquainted with cancer and understand the feeling behind your words.
                                  Ida

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines
2 posted 2010-04-25 05:58 PM


just sighing, because I know~~


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Trapped - Nothing
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since 2010-04-25
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3 posted 2010-04-26 09:39 AM


yard sale!
bought a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle
called spilled milk --
wanna finish it
before I die


Confusion and more confusion fills me when I read these lines.
I like the words spilled milk.  Its pretty to look at.  But that's it.

OldBuddyOldPal
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since 2008-12-15
Posts 87

4 posted 2010-04-27 07:22 PM


I keep reading this and want to respond.... but I am not sure what to say. I am going through this now but I cannot not relate to how you are feeling. I am sure the situation is similar but probably very different. Can I help?
Sunshine
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5 posted 2010-04-27 09:32 PM


I can relate, and possibly empathize...

my husband's stage 2 cancer has us dancing...
to doctors, appointments, therapy...
but we're dancing...it's only stage 2.

spilled milk. Excellent!

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