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Conquering Rome and China
Cholangio Carcinoma comes to visit in her sleep
as she dozes off upright with tube attached
to permanent stent
growing out of chest
surrounded by cadres and cohorts
men and women and children
some exotic
some rare
mostly common
all robustly growing
carcinomasCholangio Carcinoma clings
with sure grip to blood vessels
in the liver
integral to and around the gall bladder
inoperable
by Hawaii's finest
surgeonsCholangio Carcinoma demands respect
while sleeping dogs bark
and lay hidden
beneath the crisp clean laundered sheets
stiff with starch
smelling antisepticCholangio Carcinoma treks
to boldly go where none have gone before
to hospitable warm homes
lives and prospers
and multiplies like Tribles
then acting in the only character it knows
betrays once cordial hosts
transforming into Klingons who metastasize
to go forth to conquer
Like Genghis Khan
Ravaging all the known world
Brutally
Viciously
MurderouslyRelentlessly,
And most importantly,
ThoroughlyCholangio Carcinoma comes to visit in her sleep
as she dozes off upright with tube attached
to permanent stent
growing out of chest
As Klingons conquer Rome and China
Just like Genghis Khan