Harlequin masks
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* Ronald H. Lands

> After two doses of chemo
> 
> they look like twins,
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> two pale faces with bald heads,
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> a vast expanse of lips and gums
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> laughing through a litany of vulgar jokes
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> they perform in a call and response
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> that makes me blush
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> and makes her cough so hard
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> he has to hold her
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> like he did
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> when they first heard the news.

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