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eating away at the life to be cut short,
where is the lesson in life ever taught,
a machine tries to prolong what little is left behind,
pale face with bald head constantly to remind,
scattered memories of times with fun,
playing together outside in the warmth of the sun,
now lit is skin by fluorescent light,
a kiss on the head tucking in tight,
hoping and thinking a question for the answer,
taken the life as the cause was the cancer.