But It’s Halloween

Halloween in the hospital 

a haunted house

But it’s the oncologist delivering

Not only a diagnosis 

For your precious three year old

But skittles

for trick or treating 

At the door

Of her room

Where she can’t leave

11 days 

And the skittles 

Dye and sugar 

Poison

That they shouldn’t have anyway

Will it feed the cancer cells?

I spiral

But it’s Halloween

 in the hospital

Can’t she have a few?

This haunted hospital  

floor 9, oncology 

These corridors

Are sure to haunt me 

And you stop her good intentions 

at the door 

And rant to the dietician 

Can we all get on the same fucking page here? 

Your sick haunted house

Will haunt sick kids, on repeat

Please I beg you 

Get on the same fucking page