Waiting for Hercules
By William Laferriere
it’s long been understood that
there are no atheists in foxholes,
and it follows then, that there
are also no libertarians in crises,
no jokers at a biopsy,
no smiling faces -
telling lies
at a most inopportune time,
no needy pearl clutching
busy body know-it-alls,
no phony sentimentalists,
promising the glow of
natural antiseptics,
micro organisms for use
to dispel
malignancies…
it’s also understood that Cancer
as depicted, an astronomical constellation,
has the likeness of a crab
crushed
under the sandal of Hercules.
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