Tracing The 'Immortal' Cells Of Henrietta Lacks
Poor and black
Dying of cancer
White doctors in white gowns and white masks
Discovered you glistened with pearls and abalone,
Bejeweled with snowy tumors
Stole a mass of cells from your cervix
Multiplied like the cosmos,
A universe of constant division
Your cells thrive in every scientific lab on the globe
Yet your children can’t afford a doctor
Dying of cancer
White doctors in white gowns and white masks
Discovered you glistened with pearls and abalone,
Bejeweled with snowy tumors
Stole a mass of cells from your cervix
Multiplied like the cosmos,
A universe of constant division
Your cells thrive in every scientific lab on the globe
Yet your children can’t afford a doctor
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