Maybe Not
Maybe, she thought
It’s nothing
Maybe it’s just a bug
A malingering cough
Annoying
But nothing
To be concerned
About
After all
Hadn’t she done
Everything
Possible to
Rid herself
Of the nuisance
Cold or whatever
This was
Seeing the doctor
Three, four
Half a dozen
Times at least
By now
And still
Every day
Her breathing
Grows more laboured
The coughing fits
More pronounced
Did she imagine
The shadows
Shifting
Behind her doctor’s
Eyes
Or a real note of concern
Sounding through
His words
As he filled
Out forms for lab tests
She tried to ask him
Calmly if there
Was anything...
He quickly hushed
Her — told her
To just go have
The tests — then
“We’ll see”.
Maybe everything would
Be just fine
Maybe not.,
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