Tuesday, March 06, 2007

News at Eleven: [Edwin Morgan] responds with "Gorgo and Beau",

a robust dramatic dialogue between a cancer cell and a normal cell. The former regards his like as such all- conquering heroes "Homer would hymn them". The normal cell speaks of suffering:

Afternoon. Chemo man hunched on bed
Vomiting into his cardboard bowl, and I mean vomiting,
Retching and retching until he feels in his exhaustion
His very insides are coming out

from The Guardian: The lifeline of love

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