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SHOWTIME

The nice doctor says
Your cancer is good for three episodes.
There now, don't cry -
You've got the compensation
Of a tear in the public eye,
And a five hundred percent certain
Miracle cure -
Tense, maybe painful,
But certainly a success. And afterwards,
Tears, flowers, a perfumed sun,
His deodorized smile,
A wedding white -

White, white, white,
Cancer is clean and white,
White starch, white sheets, white wings;
Cancer is clean and white -
And morphine is the purest form of sanity.

CHEMOTHERAPY

This is not the fireworks show.
This is the fifth cycle:
The repetition of the repetitive.
Chemotherapy:

This poem SHOWTIME was first published in Craccum in Auckland, New Zealand, on 1979 March 26. The poem and the accompanying notes were first posted online by Hugh Cook on 2005 May 21 Saturday. Copyright © 1979, 2005 Hugh Cook. All rights reserved.

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