I slept while a cancer feasted inside of me.
My lover, finding the noise disturbing, left.
With no one weighting me into sleep,
Darkness has become my lover.
He holds me, promises not to leave.
Changing Partners
Changing Partners
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From: Bare Root: A pet's journey with breast cancer, Terrapin Press, 2002
7/16/03
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