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Your sunken eyes plead with me

Volcanic orbits wasted of sculptured fat

Burned in failure's fire

Your listless gaze pleads with me

To offer a clue —

We both know your cancer

Sneaks about within you

Evading my mortal knife —

On this day as dusk settles

With its flippant breach of faith

In this inhospitable hospice place

I visit you with apology

Faint on my awkward tongue —

Pain claws your innards

Casting you closer to your fate

Even as my narcotic needle

Bites with a measure of reprieve —

Your eyes flutter now

Eternity approaches within inches

And . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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