Cancer Lessons
They should tell
Student doctors
What nurses know
Cancer is not an enemy
But more of a
Bad boyfriend
Who keeps coming
Around again
Looking for the guitar
He left behind
And a long goodbye
He gets inside your head
Or liver or breast
He has you by the throat
There is no cancer
Of the heart
But it can spread there
Or it’s very rare
I am the steak you
Practice on in
Medical school
Studying sewing
Stitch by stitch
You learn to know
–Ticky Kennedy
Reclusive Poet in Residence
SchoolNewsToday.com
NOTE
According to a study at UCLA’s School of Medicine, “Research has consistently documented that social relationships influence physical health.”
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