Cancer Comments

I love a story with-in a story and wonder at the story with-in. Thanks for sharing this

For me, the poem is 'interesting', BUT...... bri ;)

Besides this: 'Eating away; from the inside out', AND THE POEM'S OBVIOUS CONCENTRATION ON DEATH, I didn't notice any 'mention' of Cancer except in the title. Neither do I see mention of 'cancer' in the Poet's Notes. Hmm?

'An opportune to refuse the thief that steals all value from the soul' 'opportune' It appears to be used in this poem as a NOUN, but I failed to find it as a noun, but only as an ADJECTIVE. ?

I skimmed over a site [boredpanda] which states: 'Learn The History Behind These 66 Commonly Used Phrases', but I didn't find 'death waits for no man'. I DID find it listed elsewhere as a poem & I think a movie'

'Death waits for no man' I've heard somewhere before now; let me 'google it'.

Does 'under a brief reign' refer to Death having carried out Her/His death-duties once again? By 'lingering's prohibited', I think you mean Death 'waits for no man (or woman) to die'. When the reaper is ready, IT IS TIME TO 'GO' to what, if anything, follows LIFE.

I've been using 'she', 'her', and 'hers' more often recently where I believe it's more typically been 'he', 'his', and 'him' which have been used, ....when the gender has not already been mentioned.

(cont.) I wanted to say, earlier, I assume 'reaper' is 'The Grim Reaper' aka Death! I noticed you referred to 'reaper' as a 'she'. I might agree with you; some women WOULD also 'get a kick out ot that' job.

(cont.) I did NOT finish the prevous oomment, PH (or whatever caused it to happen; my fingers and hands ARE wandering some tonightl : ( (cont.)

(continued) But, of 'what' is 'the world' 'unaware'? ? 'Don't be late for the reaper, she does not like to wait' I assume

line 2: 'world, too, ' I'm glad you used commas here. They reassure me that 'too' here means 'also', not 'overly'/'excessively'. (cont.) '.

'death's a reward, or perhaps a refreshment' ...I AGREE! ! line 4: I THINK I've misspelled 'reminisce' more than onece in my miserable past.

I've thought (not for quite a while) about the fact that I, bri, was not 'let in on' decision-making about whether I should be/would be born.. Ain't it UNFAIR! ! Seriously. : (