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Out Damn Spot

Writer's picture: Surviving Breast CancerSurviving Breast Cancer

By William Laferriere



Out damn spot

exclaimed the iniquitous Lady M

In William’s foremost tale

her fears well accounted for

And the psychological toll

knavishly awaiting all

Out damn spot


Out damn spot

fill those diagnosed dreams

A metastasizing growth

proves every bit as daunting

As the Lady M’s infamous lament

so we too think, walk and talk about

Out damn spot


Out damn spot

when the Lady somehow manages

To fall into a fitful sleep

she’s plagued by the nightmare

Of blood and death on her hands

her dreams too are made of iron and steel

Out damn spot


Out damn spot

she rubs her hands

And tries to erase

“here’s yet a spot” she laments

“The small of blood still”

she cries out in desperation

Out damn spot