Mom says she can no longer cry.
Radiation fried her tear ducts.
Only one duct remains. It leaks,
unresponsive to emotion,
so her doctor plugs it up,
preserving what remains
to wet her inner eye
the dryness no one sees.
Mom says she can no longer cry.
Radiation fried her tear ducts.
Only one duct remains. It leaks,
unresponsive to emotion,
so her doctor plugs it up,
preserving what remains
to wet her inner eye
the dryness no one sees.