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Cancer

November 19, 2010
By MollRz PLATINUM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
MollRz PLATINUM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Searing, spreading, vengeful cancer,
Seeking vulnerable areas to feed upon.

Cancer poisoning
The most honest, sweet,
Undeserving people.

Cloying, foul, and soured cancer, like old socks.
Like the flesh of a withered peach, reeking of moths.
Disgusting.

Is there even a cure
To be found?
It’s so frustrating!

A villain so powerful even science is rendered
Puzzled and incapable.
Why there is no God,

Because what sick, twisted entity
Would cause tragedy to strike once, twice,
Thrice in a lifetime?

Thrice in my lifetime.
Worse because it
Didn't happen to me.


The author's comments:
I wrote this poem this year for my 8th grade communications class. At the time, my family was going through a very rough battle with cancer, and we still are. In the past year, three of my closest family members have been diagnosed with cancer, and this poem helped me deal with my emotions. I hope you can relate to this, and I hope this inspires you to write your own poem.

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