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The Blossoming

George Young, MD

15 February 1997 | Volume 126 Issue 4 | Page 326

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Genevieve
in my office, ancient, her fat chart in my hands ...
psoriasis, arthritis, Crohn's disease, two husbands (long gone)
and now
small cell carcinoma of the lung.
"How
was the chemo?" I ask.
She has on red
high-heels, a full white dress,
a green silk scarf tied carefully around her neck,
just a hint
of perfume, and on her head
a huge straw hat with a scarlet feather ...
to hide her baldness.
Everything
becomes clearer when I stand beside
this one flower.

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Boulder Medical Center, Boulder, CO 80304
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