Got your diagnosis from the pathology lab - you

Lying in room 491 of piedmont atlanta hospital

In the starched white sheets at a 30-degree angle the

Oncologist prescribes following

Brain surgery - along with protein and avastin and   

                      chemotherapy and radiation

Lying in room 491 of piedmont atlanta hospital

As we wonder glassy-eyed how the world can change

So instantly from frantic december shopping to partial 

                     paralysis with

Three weeks of intense in-patient treatments ahead

Of you - of us - of this family - to see if the white

Mask with the two-inch hole and the pills and protein

                      and 30-degree bed and 

All our prayers will keep you here with us