Fifty-five years wed
The bride is
Without a shadow turning
Troubled by ocular tears
Today she was pumped
With a nostrum used
To curb the canker
Of colon cancer.
As the needle pricked
Into her orbs it
Fed the chemical used
To shrink capillary motions.
We trust the ophthalmologist
Knows the body
As the macular
Sees not – the colon.
Inshore Cassandra 