CANCER LOVES THE LONG BONE
Cancer also loves the long bone
why would it look for any other?
the long bone is elegant
smooth and graceful
Cancer’s thirst is as as genuine
as any lover’s—a hungry leopard
perching head down
amidst the shrubs
Leaping without mercy
clamping the jugular
of its prey that looks out
with doe eyes
Blood gushes out, once
nurturing the long bone,
cancer knows well
how to be nourished
Owned by nature—
the death hunter
also yearns for
the long bone
— Abraham Menashe
© 2017