Tag Archives: heartbreak
For Sophie: brief interview with hideous woman
Here’s for the lovely, charming & talented Sophie, who’s asking 5 random questions for her blog. Though she be but little, she is fierce. Though this little experiment only partially relates to cancer, I elected to post my response here rather than clogging up … Continue reading
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“Morning”
“I’ve got to tell you how I love you always I think of it on grey mornings with death in my mouth the tea is never hot enough then and the cigarette dry the maroon robe chills me I need … Continue reading
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Dead girls’ legacies
Yesterday I picked up a copy of Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book for $1 in the Goodwill store. Tucked inside its pages was a 1994 note from a doctor to an airline: _______’s daughter has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. … Continue reading
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Goodbye, Brittania.
Thanks for all the free health care and the Shakespeare. I leave behind one of my breasts, a biohazard box of post-chemo needles, and the greatest man I know. (I know we’ve had our differences, it’s not exactly been all Shelley-and-Keats with us but you’ve … Continue reading
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they sent me out into the wide world
I don’t know, I felt like I should say something. It’s my intention to maintain a steady presence in the BRCA/breast cancer ‘blogosphere’ (that absurd term) in pursuing this project, but things are/will a bit sporadic due to an impending major emotional … Continue reading
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