Introduction

The "Hotel Melanoma" moniker is a metaphor for living with my particular brand of cancer. Except for those lucky few of us deemed "cured", all we cancer survivors are guests of one of the many, many branded hotels in the "Hotel Carcinoma" chain. We can check out any time we like, but we can never leave. Meanwhile, let's be livin' it up; and please support cancer education, prevention, and treatment research.



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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Forever Tan

I received my excessive UV ray exposure-- that almost certainly contributed to my hatching melanoma at age 50-- the “natural” way. Outdoors. Biochemotherapy treatments knocked off so many of the melanin cells in my body that now I couldn’t get a tan even if I were dumb enough to try. So now I’m like the annoying reformed smoker who quit way too late, nagging folks about the risks of doing exactly what I used to love doing. And you’re just going to have to live with it.

A tanned corpse is still a corpse, so please don’t get your “forever tan” like I almost did.

The Hotel Melanoma rendition of Eric Clapton’s “Forever Man”…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt2qBm4qS4w


How many times must I tell you babe,
How many Rich’s fries got to cost?
How many times must I explain myself
Before I can ‘block you from loss,
'Fore I can ‘block you from loss?

How many times must I say I love you
Before you finally under-tan?
Won't you be my forever pale one?
My fries could be my forever tan,
Fried could be your forever tan.

How many times must I say I love you
Before you finally under-tan?
Won't you be my forever pale one?
My fries could be my forever tan,
Fried could be your forever tan.

Forever tan, forever tan, forever tan.
Forever tan, forever tan, forever tan.
Fried could be your forever tan.

Forever tan, forever tan, forever tan.
Forever tan, forever tan, forever tan.
Fried could be your forever tan.

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