minutes

i cannot recollect when she said:
i'm afraid you will die mom
not yet, i said
there are still 11 more years
and 54 minutes
at least
today, she asked
you rather die of cancer or alzheimer's
both
cancer first
and then alzheimer's
why
so i'll forget
why did i die
the first time.
but we still have
54
minutes.
mom.
don't cry.
i'm afraid we still have
54
minutes.