Best Oncology Poems

Oncology 

waffle-soled Nikes travel by at
a good pace and I think of chalky
lace-ups and starched white caps,
the apron-tied uniform 
of benevolent angels so gently
shushing visitors.  

a memory collection of sneaking up stairs
with no cardboard passes; two visitors at a time;
15 minutes; youthful breaking of...

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The young R.N.'s humility was almost noticeable.
No one knew how lavish her life had once been. 
She had survived luxury which might
have spoiled others into sloth-like ways.

The grandeur of her childhood home would have intimidated most of us. 
There was once an opulence to her...

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studiously sterling students
comparing, contrasting, connecting, complaining, conniving
truthfully turning tricky troublesome troubles
into intriguing innovative idealistic ideas
providing peaceful progress
magically, mystically, miraculously meeting marvelous methods
of optimistic overtures overturning oncology....

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I am absolutely disoriented while I wait.
I am unable to reclaim the time I have lost.
I was entirely sure of my counterpoint.
Being warned led to her bewildered epithet. 

Something odd is going on in this universe.
Her nightmare overwhelmed her deeds.
It is a rare occurrence on...

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