Cry with cancer
Spouse wore out
Get on with dying.
Where's humanity?
Gut shot by a yank
be dead back then,
pinches of laudanum
to the other side.
Jailed Kevorkian.
You bastards!
Is there really
a road to Oregon?
Augustus / Seasons Hospice, Houston TX / May 2017
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Having just recently met you here, Augustus, I am not familiar with your back story, knowing you only as a brilliant poet. I hope not, but suspect, that this poem is a personal one. My heartfelt sympathy if this is so.
I lost my dearest friend in this life to cancer, and he/we went through this same scenario. It's a bitch, anyway you slice it! Kudos on this fine poem. I feel you.
(78 y.o. Gleason 9 prostate cancer with metastasis to nodes and lungs, sarcomatoid (small cell) rare, diagnosed 11/28/15, trials on Triptorelin, Docetaxel, Cisplatin, Cisplatin Etopozide, Cabazitaxel , Zytiga, immunotherapy (clinical trial)JTX 2011, and finally an AKT inhibitor (MSC2363318A) (clinical trial)based on mutations in my genome. In March 2017 developed severe lymphedema right leg, secondary to metástasis to lymph nodes. May 2017, ecoli infection and intestinal blockage, then pneumonia, entered hospice May 20, 2017.)
(78 y.o. Gleason 9 prostate cancer with metastasis to nodes and lungs, sarcomatoid (small cell) rare, diagnosed 11/28/15, trials on Triptorelin, Docetaxel, Cisplatin, Cisplatin Etopozide, Cabazitaxel , Zytiga, immunotherapy (clinical trial)JTX 2011, and finally an AKT inhibitor (MSC2363318A) (clinical trial)based on mutations in my genome. In March 2017 developed severe lymphedema right leg, secondary to metástasis to lymph nodes. May 2017, ecoli infection and intestinal blockage, then pneumonia, entered hospice May 20, 2017.)
I am honored that you shared that with me, Augustus. I lost not only my dear friend to cancer, but my father and a brother as well. Like I said, it's a bitch , as you know only too well. Had to have my own prostate gutted in 2010 due to blood clots blocking the urinary tract, but no cancer cells detected.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your spouse in this time of excruciating transition. May peace be with you both.
Sorry for your losses. It is a bitch. The lemonade is that my wife and I are a lot closer.
Happy for you both to hear that!!
A sensitive and poignant write.
Thanks, I have a spiritual side as well praying for grace.
Very very good sir..
Just bang on !!!!
Determination comes and goes. Capturing and embracing it is a goal. Thanks
My heart goes out to you Augustus my faraway poet-friend - sending you warmest of hugs to aid that fight to continue. xxx from Fay in Cornwall U.K.
Enjoy the hugs especially from distant poets. I am actually trying to stay positive.
God has a way of testing our resolve , even in the face of Death . Remember we die but once for life in Christ .
Thanks for your sincere comment
Strong write and your strength of purpose to live every minute shines through your words.
Reflecting on my life I have always gone the distance with determination though others did it quicker, smarter or different. Thanks.
What a moving, questioning and powerful Poem. I'm proud to call you my friend!
Kurt
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