A Moment in Sarcoma from Mimi
l Moments in Sarcoma · Synovial SarcomaWashington, DC
When I was posted abroad, my friend Hans Lipke had to go in for surgery for synovial sarcoma mets in his lungs and thyroid. I sent him this poem. Hans passed away on April 28, 2008 at the age of 28.
Operating Room One
by Mimi Asnes
when they open you up
and find inside
cocoons instead
and five luminescent luna moths
slowly dry their wings and launch
into the sterile fluorescent-lit air
will someone think to write a gospel
about the young man
from whose lungs
were spawned a league
of blue-green angels
who were guarding him not
from left and right
fore, aft and above
but from within?
