"you never called," she says
"you only just now even wanted to see me" she says
"we've known since march" she says
"i didn't know how to tell you" she says
"it's stage four" she says
"they can't operate without killing me" she says
"maybe a few months? at most" she says
"don't leave me again" she says
"i need you" she says
"i love you" she says
"you're my baby" she says
"i have to make sure you'll be ok on your own" she says
"oh don't look at me like that" she says
"i know you're an adult" she says
"don't you dare start crying" she says
"please be strong" she says
"i can't be strong" she says
"i think i'm ready to go" she says
"at the same time i'm not" she says
"wouldn't think it'd be me" she says
"i love you" she says
"you're my baby" she says
"please don't cry" she says
"oh now i'm going to cry" she says
"don't look at me like that" she says
"i think i'm ready" she says
"just a few months" she says
"but i don't really want to go" she says
"i love you" she says
"you're my baby" she says
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BURN (Wattys2015?)
Poetry"Poetry...is thoughts that breathe and words that burn."--Thomas Gray "Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash." --Leonard Cohen Poems on the tough stuff in life. Poems on the crazy good stuff in li...
