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Old 06-08-2013, 01:50 AM   #1
orthodoc
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Post chemo

Sitting here with fuzz for hair
detachable fingernails
a body I don't recognize ...

A brain that doesn't work
words that have no meaning
hearing that does not compute ...

I or not-I sit here post-chemo, post-surgery, post-surgery, post-surgery, post-surgery, post ... oh, fuck it ...

nothing is the same
nothing quite computes
nothing looks or feels or tastes or smells or sounds the same
but
staying awake
all night
staying awake
all day
staying awake
no matter what

there is no sleep there is no rest there is no peace there is no beauty

there is only an experience to which no one can relate
there is only loss
there is only pain
there is only devaluing

why stay awake
why try to sleep
why try to breathe

why
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