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Taxonomy
The mechanics of it:
The physiology
The chemistry
The biochemistry
And cytology of it:
The substances that
Have gone missing:
Albumen, adrenaline.
Countless x-rays, ultrasound
And CAT scans,
Even the nurses get confused,
Send her for an Indian test --
Asian or indigenous?
A gauntlet or ordeal by fire?
The nuclear man corrects
INDIUM.
The difference between
Effusion and adhesion
Heparin for bloodclots.
Lasix for swelling
Nuprogen and Iprogen
TPN to dine on
CIPRO for the mystery bugs,
The tubes like a minor vaudeville
Act: Pic, Peg and Swan.
Finally the Carboplatin,
The hand grenade to attack
Fast splitting cells
Malignant and benign
And through the haze you whisper:
I see now. The bitching thing is
Trying to kill me.
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