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Archive for the day “June 19, 2024”

taking care of men with cancer

men with cancer will grudgingly let you hold their penises

as they pee into the filthy hospital toilet  but then they will

stumble into you   and rue  you   because you can

 

enter my brother  who pushes me hard  as i steady him

i mean  are you going to let the BIG fucker  smash his

beautiful face on the cold tiles?   later bloodpours     almost inexplicably

 

men  i suppose women too  all people  well most  except my

mother  eke agency  i used to call it  will  until my husband’s

chordoma taught me to  go public with my impotence  my privacy  decimate

 

agency ignite  💥   💥   am i tough enough  rough enough  hard enough?

 

and i hate this  i hate the treacle   the well meant  did he

have to relearn anything?   no   he’s exactly the same

to a  tee       FORRRRRRRE!

 

but i won’t forget  soon  the voiceless growl he greeted me with

on the first stretcher   and the tall Russian man  who carted us

to the imaging rooms  where i said   close your eyes   don’t look   

 

it was 3am  23 hrs after

i woke up

on the first day

of the

rest of my life

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Summer Solstice 2024  ..saviour complexes suck..

do avert eyes from sad hallway skeletons on gurneys   alone

 

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