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Stepping Up to Cancer - Form of the Week Goethe Stanza

Stepping Up

I've always cringed when hearing the C word.

It conjured long ago images of my dying Dad,
straining to breathe, trying so hard to be heard.

Since my diagnosis it just makes me mad.


The cure is long with needles and stitches.

Again I wait word from another damn test
to weigh whether or not to poison the bitches.

Taking another step toward shaking the pest.
                              ~~Judi Van Gorder

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"Form of the week: Goethe Stanza"   Exercise 7-6-17