“the Sand Pebble's Revelation”
(c)2010 Bob Atkinson
it wasn't harmful
as things go
the little brown thing
of mottled skin
still, it did bother me
wasn't right the dot to see
on the roundness
of my ample belly
a mole
some would call them
not quite round
not very tall
others would have said
“don't sweat it”
but my mind held firm
didn't like the dot's presence
so a thin thread
I took from a spool
maybe cotton
or some such tool
wound around
the spot's base
a circle of twine
to starve it of blood
and my pain erase
every day more string
to tighten around
this little thing
this irritant round
each day
the base got thinner
the little puffy thing
on my circular middle
then one day, maybe a week
it hardened like a grain of sand
fell off my skin
onto the ground
“hmmm,” I said
a little glad
that I had rid
myself of a tab
no more thoughts of it
were in my mind
when six months later
to my surprise
happened again
to the other five
little dots
around my body
they hardened
then fell off
bouncing deeply
into the carpet
they were like
crystal grains of sand
falling from my skin
into oblivion
so this mini-cancer button
showed me how
the process works
and took away
my fear of growths
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