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there is a lump in my chest
and it is spreading
making it hard to breathe
undetermined
if it is benign, or
malignant
it feels like me, doesn't it?
like what's growing
was always there
all it took
was the tick of time
and it is here
and they give me pills for it
make my stomach turn
against its self
or what it is becoming
that i am
weeds uprooted still
grow weeds
where they lay
and i soon beside them
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