Song of My Breast
by Noralyn Masselink
Cover Art by Endira Davis
Doxorubicin
Castel del Monte
on ruby soil
overlooking Adriatic Sea
casts its romantic mantle
thirteenth-century Italian pedigree
over liquid death
which
harms her heart
and burns her veins
and causes thrush
and turns her urine
psychedelic orange
Table of Contents
Cancer
Context is everything
Northeast Medical Resort and Spa
Post-surgery Senryū
Nests
Two for the price of one
Saving Face and Keeping Abreast
ICD-9 Code 972.9
The Virgin Poke, central venous access
Port-A-Party
The Bald Facts
Haute Coiffure
Chemotherapy Riddle
Doxorubicin: Round Three
Why are they called “Rounds”?
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Cross Application
Blood Counts
In the time of chemo
Taxus brevifolia
Taxane Thumbscrews
Ungues
Euphemism at its worst
Morgue Storage Shelf
Awaiting Resurrection
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