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Blueberry Pie
by James Shammas (Age: 44)
copyright 12-06-2005


Age Rating: 10 to 127

 
She saw the purple autumn cabbages covered with snow
like warm powdered sugar on blueberry pie.
She saw it for an instant, rushing to the clinic,
late for chemo and RT;

Though the afterthought is tucked away,
her balding head preoccupied
with the bloating and the belching,
the taste of the Zofran and the lollipop morphine.

Regardless,
Summer still comes,
ripe for growing berries--
for baking back home.




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12-09-2005 Anthony Lane Stahlhut    

Jim, your view of the problems of the patients is wonderful. I hate when I go see the doctor and feel that I am herded through the stalls and out the door with a bill. It is nice to know that some doctors do really know what the patient has to go through. God bless you as he did your patients by giving them you!Anthony
12-08-2005 David Pekrul    

It may just be the thought of the coming Summer, that would make her fight for life. This is well presented, and leaves such a strong impression. What a contrast between the images of Autumn and the coming Summer, to that of undergoing chemo.
12-07-2005 Tiffany Forster    

THis is really good, rather depressing when you think about it, but good none the less. I love the way you phrased this poem, the images and over all word choice makes this poem. Lollipop morphine has to be the best. Good job.
12-07-2005 Jean George    

You really did capture the fact the when undergoing chemo and radiation almost everything else becomes an afterthought. You do tuck these little vignettes away to take out later when alone to ponder and sometimes weep over. And you do try to bury the miseries of the moment under the hopes and prayers for the future...but the fact is you exist mostly in the moment using all the energy you can muster to get through to the next moment. In a few sentences you have captured the enclosed world of a cancer patient.
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