Sue Mason Poet Free verse

Trick Or Treat

It irks me the most
how the body becomes a haven
for all these uninvited microbes
out to destroy their host.
How all the drinks I ever drank
and all the smokes smoked
took the future away.
The Future is Now.

Years of not drinking
and not smoking count for
little in my longevity quest
as I wait for a test
and the fate of a breast.

Take them both if thats
what comes but oh my,
Oh my how I cry,
I want to live!!
I'm not prepared to die.

Is anyone prepared 
with the faith of mustard seeds or
the empty vast space of  loving consciousness?
Bravely, chin up, marching on the battlefield of ....

Screw that,
I want to live !!
Don't we all?
What happens behind closed doors
and not on the pages of a poetry site or
as the evening news announces the latest famous person
while thousands of nameless, faceless
stiff upper lips ... die, today.

Effin bugs.
I'm going to trick their treat and win ...
at least in this round.
In the game of life, I lost too many rounds
thirty years ago.

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