Available accessResearch articleFirst published online February, 2017

Chemo and Crackers

Abstract

moon thin and yellowed like a lemon,

I didn't ask how long without treatment,

mutinous DNA and all,

but offered my veins to

cisplatin and God-knows-what

as I sat among the bald and bescarfed

nibbling on dry crackers and ginger ale

watching the deadly mélange trickle from

the aluminum covered bag

dangling from a shiny chemo-tree-pole,

as I clung to curled edges

hoping not to fall.