Friday, 7 May 2021

DEATH BY CRABS

 

People would say

“You look well”

People I hadn’t seen for months

Especially

And I admit

I did feel well

But inside I was being consumed

From the inside out

By an unseen evil

Krebs

The Germans call it

Which translates to crabs

In English it sounds so innocuous

Death by crabs

It claimed my father

His mother and grandmother

But crabs can’t kill, can they?

No, but cancer can

The sign of the crab

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