Handsome cat
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* Kevin Dueck

*   Cancer care

> > Cocooned in her blanket
> > 
> > She asks again
> > 
> > If I've seen the kitten's photo
> > 
> > Framed at her bedside
> 
> > He's a big tabby now
> > 
> > And you should see his markings
> > 
> > You should see him now
> > 
> > He is such a handsome cat
> 
> > All alone in a four bed ward
> > 
> > Her youth stolen by tainted blood
> > 
> > Now cancer invades her
> > 
> > All alone, no one visits
> 
> > Oncology promised to assess her
> > 
> > No notes in the chart
> > 
> > They haven't come
> > 
> > We remind them once again
> 
> > With each day
> > 
> > Her will drains
> > 
> > She barely eats
> > 
> > And it grows
> 
> > Twice more
> > 
> > We do our dance
> > 
> > As her walker gathers dust
> > 
> > As hope fades
> 
> > Have you seen him?
> > 
> > You should see him now
> > 
> > You should see his markings
> > 
> > He's such a handsome cat

## Footnotes

*   Competing interests None declared.

*   Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.