Tag Archives: cancer

ichor

untethered, cells run renegade, pathologic lines laying down armor en cuirasse;  which is what kills in the end, the immortal simply something that refuses to die when prompted and waits, bloodless like the old gods, hungry for ichor unsustainable, we forget how to … Continue reading

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stay

stay, he said when I asked what he wanted stay, when I could do nothing but provide the most human things; touch, eyes, and a voice next to his bed we spoke of irony, how the disease he studied claimed him … Continue reading

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