She has breast cancer

She has breast cancer
so under a clean ceiling
a butcher’s job was done
with sanitized steel.

She has breast cancer
so she always feels as freezing
as the sweat on the shaved heads
of her husband and four children.

She has breast cancer
and because otherwise she cannot eat
without extreme nausea and pain,
one way or another she has acquired
a decent amount of marijuana.
It is greener than the pine trees
and smells like falling in love.
For a few hours she does not hurt.
She has breast cancer
but they could arrest her
if they wanted to.