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STORIES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2009

Roger Granet
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Type
Poetry/Fiction: Poems
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 2009 , pp. 259
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

Please, please
Don't tell me a story
About your friend with cancer.
I know that
You care and are concerned
But the tales from your heart only hurt.
They hate chemo:
I know that already.
They felt the flu and vomited.
They wanted to
Quit, but chose dry mouth
And lost hair and lost sleep.
But I don't
Need confirmation only
Affirmation and of a recovery.
Damn the stories
From the friends you love.
Let them hold you close, no need to talk.