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Fifteen.

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"Melanoma.

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From the ancient Greek
verb melaino, to blacken,

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combined with the nominal
analyzing suffix, ma,

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which indicates process or
action, hence pragma, action,

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or occurrence from prato--

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to do-- or poema,
poem, from poeo--

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to make.

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These days it seems obligatory
for survivors' narratives

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to muse upon the etymologies
of their various illnesses

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and medical treatments.

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It lends grandeur
to the experience

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of leafing through red book
in an empty examination room

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while dressed in a paper
gown that won't draw

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closed around the back.

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But I can't refrain
from wondering

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at how a description,
black, becomes an action,

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to blacken, which in turn
becomes a thing, melanoma--

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a darkening.

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There's a whole
grammar in metaphysics

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to this black traffic.

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The route may be traced to the
Sanskrit mala, dirt, or filth,

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and flowers into our modern
English, melancholy."

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