The elegant fish swim in the bubbling tank.
The purpose: To provide a peaceful place in this room of bald children
connected to poles of poison, being
pump
pump
pumped
into their veins.
All of them weary, and wishing not to be, “An inspiration.”
We follow the pedi onc to the private room. My face, now red,
warm from the fierce flames of my
pounding heart, as he tells us the cancer has returned, to the blood of the babe of my womb.
Lisa Molina is a writer/educator in Austin, Texas. She has three chapbooks forthcoming in 2022, and her poetry has been published in numerous print and online publications, including Beyond Words Magazine, Sparked Literary Magazine, Trouvaille Review, Neologism Poetry Journal, Fahmidan Journal, The Ekphrastic Review, and Sledgehammer Literary Review.
The purpose: To provide a peaceful place in this room of bald children
connected to poles of poison, being
pump
pump
pumped
into their veins.
All of them weary, and wishing not to be, “An inspiration.”
We follow the pedi onc to the private room. My face, now red,
warm from the fierce flames of my
pounding heart, as he tells us the cancer has returned, to the blood of the babe of my womb.
Lisa Molina is a writer/educator in Austin, Texas. She has three chapbooks forthcoming in 2022, and her poetry has been published in numerous print and online publications, including Beyond Words Magazine, Sparked Literary Magazine, Trouvaille Review, Neologism Poetry Journal, Fahmidan Journal, The Ekphrastic Review, and Sledgehammer Literary Review.
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