my great grandmudda has had both breasts removed
my nana died of breast cancer nov 94
they found a lump in my left breast back in 00
my mudda in 02

it scared me, b/c thru genetics, we share a lot
this disease yes---but many vices
& i wanted to express that,
but also express
a world w/o my mama

it's one thing for my mutha
and i to exist as we do now
---it wld be another once she's gone
death is permanent.

who am i w/o my mutha
as i have defined myself around her
all my life???

love u girlie