Console

Litter #5

Science shows that we all have dormant cancer cells

littering Inside the

Pac-Man arcade consoles

Hanging Tough

like the overflow of ghosts

when the easy board

Turns shifty with stress

Too many blue, pink, orange and red to kill and they overtake yellow

Pac-Man

From all sides-

Game over.

Unless Pac-Man eats herbs,

fresh fruit, pops pill powers up and runs through!

Moving on to the next board

In my leukemia case,

these are the cells that don’t know how to die.

They litter

Blood, Bone and Marrow

GROW BIG

Lymph nodes

Unable to transition

They toxify the stream

Create barriers to immunity’s

safety secret passageways

I try to entice them out

Dry brush, acupuncture, yoga, prayer…

To suss them out

Remind them: “It’s OK to die, guys,

Look at those brain cells dying

Skin cells following-

Ohhh-

Victory!”

They take the bait for a little while

Run and hide when Pac-Man eats cherry, strawberry, goblins and 1UPs

And 1UPs and 1UPs

So many lives

Even when the outer Man wears out

He’s still alive

Inside Man strong, renewed

A legend in the corner of the screen

When it’s time to go home

high score

FOREVER