Litany for Lou

Surviving one cancer, Lou got another.

Once after chemo, I asked her, How do you feel? 

She said, Others have it much worse. 

She didn’t do bitter, but wasn’t blind. 

I upset some friends so much, they don't ask me over. 

You'd think my cancer's contagious.

Her home was neighborhood central.

A neighbor kid, I trailed behind Lou.  

I learned to bake, can and keep house from her. 

Lou listened when I babbled like a bust water pipe. 

When I think how I whined to her about my divorce, 

I only shake my head now.    

She called herself a survivor until the end. 

A year later, my brother died.

Just like Lou, we celebrated Kevin's life.

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Date of Publication: March 18, 2024