apologies for the delay...

ode to moobie’s scalp

perhaps you are familiar with my friend whom i call moob

who’s had a host of ails and sewed a finger to a boob

yet just when she believed her freaky trials were now long dead

she found a tiny lump perched right atop her ginger head

at first, she let it slide and to the doctor did not go

the bump was rather small and under hair it did not show

but then she changed her mind and soon a test was being done

result? that node was cancer caused by damage from the sun

so back under the knife is where she went to make it well

her head was shaved a bit, the doctor scooped out all the cells

but what she thought was wee turned out much bigger in the end

so what was left behind was a much harder thing to mend

with tape and tons of staples and a lengthy turban wrap

our moob was sent back home and longed to soon not feel like crap

she battled several fevers as her wounds tried hard to heal

and with anticipation soon those bandages were peeled

but under all the scabs and all those scars and tons of goop

her head was still not fixed and needed more (aw, come on! POOP!)

so with a hairless patch and funky part and wacky ‘do

she once again set forth and pinned those hopes on something new

a graft was now on deck and from her leg that skin was shorn

then stuck onto her patch so healthiness could there be born

with one more wrapping up and lots of meds to keep her high

moob dreamed of normalcy up on her head and on her thigh

for now, things look okay and moobie’s blood is flowing fine

the holes upon her bod are sealing closed and so in time

she’ll comb over her hair and smooth it down so it lays flat

but while she waits for growth she’ll need to sport a jaunty hat.

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