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.