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Graded on a Curve

I got my first mammogram, and then I wrote this poem.

By Cali LoriaPublished 8 months ago Updated 8 months ago 1 min read
Graded on a Curve
Photo by Victoria Strukovskaya on Unsplash

Baby

sitter

milk

maid

mother

made

monster.

Man

made

mistakes

every time

I let you

touch me.

I prove

I’ll never

learn.

Lesson:

was head of the class

then just

a sweet

piece

of

ass.

Trauma

bond.

Snatched.

How did I ever

get this

stupid?

Body:

breasts

too

dense

to check

for cancer.

Even my

mammary

glands

fail

the

test.

And still,

they grade

me.

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About the Creator

Cali Loria

Over punctuating, under delivering.

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  • Imola Tóth8 months ago

    I love how you broke the lines so short, word by word and gave so much power to what you went through with it.

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