Pathology Report

I have never seen
so many omas,
oma, oma om ahh
oma, oma … oh ma!
un classified neo plasm
this new tissue that
resists an easy name.

I like names, and had
seized upon Shwannoma
my own little Schwammie
tenderly cradling a nerve root
at the base of my spine-
Ok, hugging it too tightly, cutting
off sensation in my foot
afraid to let go –

Half the omas are benign,
the other half mal…
dedifferentiated liposarcoma
hemangiopericytoma
These are not handles I can grasp
’among others’ closes
an open ended sentence.

My monkey mind is on
a hamster wheel.
I want an explanation, damn it;
not uncounted probabilities.
I want a word
with the quantum mechanic
who wrote this report.