cancer Archives - Two Hawks Quarterly A Digital Literary Journal Sun, 24 Dec 2017 07:17:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://twohawksquarterly.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-thq-site-icon3-32x32.gif cancer Archives - Two Hawks Quarterly 32 32 Insomnia by Melanie Masters https://twohawksquarterly.com/2009/05/13/insomnia-by-melanie-masters/ Thu, 14 May 2009 06:06:23 +0000 //twohawksquarterly.com/?p=2263 I can’t sleep because of a word beginning with e or i. Enigmatic? Iridescent? No.

“You’re _____,” he said, reducing me to a single word and I, sleepless and dulled by wine, forget. Irresistible? I wish. Impossible.

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]]> Are They Real? by Virginia Silverman https://twohawksquarterly.com/2008/08/22/are-they-real-by-virginia-silverman/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:00:35 +0000 http://aulapress.wordpress.com/?p=684 “Are they real, Mommy?” My daughter was staring at my bare breasts one morning last month as I got dressed for work. The incisions from my double mastectomy were quiet now, having faded to a mildly aggravated pink over the past six years since my surgeries. “Well, baby, in a way,” I answered. “Remember when ... Read more

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]]> Without Words by Philip C. Barragan, II https://twohawksquarterly.com/2008/08/22/without-words-by-philip-c-barragan-ii/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:00:01 +0000 http://aulapress.wordpress.com/?p=1044               The sound of our footsteps echoed through the hall. Dozens of faces too ill to smile stared at us as we tried not to look into their rooms. Hushed conversations mingled with the odors of Lysol, bleach and fresh flowers. We arrived at our destination.  My mother asked for my handkerchief to dry ... Read more

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