I wait seven hours in the hibiscus room
while they pluck it out.
Night petals the pane. I save you
the brightest star,
its blooming blue heart.
You Have Cancer
Stacy R. Nigliazzo is a nurse, an MFA fellow at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program, and an award-winning poet. She teaches medical humanities to physicians-in-training at Baylor College of Medicine as part of the Humanities Expression & Arts Lab (HEAL).