Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 37 (March 2003).
Man has borne down
through the ages
such a tumor.
It weakens him,
and makes him do
inhuman things. Yet
he finds a surgeon
in his science,
who deftly can
remove it.
“Please don’t,”
says man. “The pain
is sweet — and it
keeps me here
at home.”
Poem © 2002 by Andy Miller
Artwork © 2002 by Rick Shelton
