I
Am
Going
To
Get
Cancer.

Huh. Funny how life keeps
Giving me lemons
Like that.

Great Grandma died of it,
Grandma died of it,
Mother nearly died of it
When I was 9 years old.

I
Am
Going
To
Get
Cancer.

Intestinal … Bowel … Colon.
Whatever you want to call it.
Cancer.

She went pale … a paper face.
Hair fell out. Always tired.

It’s funny how you can’t be
Scared of something
Until you’ve seen it hurt
Your mother.