quick silver life dose of poison tinkling in fattened veins shimmering at vision’s corner like dew drops in morning sun glaring on branch dark finger's quiet quiver bright the barb blood sport this chemo
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quick silver life dose of poison tinkling in fattened veins shimmering at vision’s corner like dew drops in morning sun glaring on branch dark finger's quiet quiver bright the barb blood sport this chemo
Out of the Cave 
This is painful to read but excellently written! I hope you are getting through it ok 🙏
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Thanks Ingrid. 💕. Weird sensations come from this deliberate poisoning. Figure I should note them where possible. Glad it read ok. It’s hard to tell from the inside.
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It seems medieval to me. I hope in time the treatments will become less toxic.
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Only 3 cycles to go and of a different toxin. So should be different at least. 😁
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You are not only very brave to write about it, you do it so well. Stay positive my friend.💖
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Thank you. 💜
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👍
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Wonderful and difficult. I hope all is well.
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Thanks, Bob. Much appreciated.
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It’s a weird invader but not the worse one. You write so well of these things.
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True. 🙂. And thank you!
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Welcome.
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love and hugs ❤
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I thought this poem was about a feather 🙈🤦♀️ On a second reading of it I am astounded. Your writing is growing increasingly precise and glorious even when the subject matter is almost intolerable. Such is the power of words in the hand of a skilled writer. Brilliant. Just brilliant.
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Oooh. The feather is so interesting. I don’t think it’s strange. The sensations I was attempting to describe are not painful. Just very weird. The shimmering. The sense of something fast in my veins.so there are a lot of light words in there. I get the feather thing. And I am glad of all feedback. I live it but I am conscious that not everyone does, in fact maybe my response to the chemo is quite personal and therefore I have no idea if what I feel actually gets across in my words.
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Well even if it’s just your experience you, your poetry is very visceral
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