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Poem
My mother's legs
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Inconclusive diagnosis
Stole conclusive identity
The experts only know what they see
Not what it means
Mass pressing on spinal cord
I give her the only thing I can
Knowledge
See that? It's your T5 to T6 vertebrae
And there? That's the back of your ribs
The steroids you're taking will help and …
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