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A Touchy Subject
Someone I know (very well), wrote this poem, and wants to ensure that Roe v.Wade will still exist eight years from now:
This Thing
I'm alone, at first, in what they want to call a waiting room.
Well, at least I have a TV.
But it's so loud, and there's no remote and I can't turn it down.
All I really want is to think.
I want to think about this for the last time.
I want to be sure that it’s something I lack.
I want to want this thing that’s inside me.
I want to get up and leave and never come back.
Oh dear God, I want to get this over with.
Oh dear God, I want someone to talk with.
Another woman walks in, and sits beside me in this makeshift room.
Like me she is wearing nothing but sneakers and socks and a gown.
We don't speak at first.
We're too busy looking each other up and down.
And then she does this thing that makes me want to cry.
She says, "This your first time, honey? You don't look like you belong".
And of course she's so right.
But I wish somehow that I could tell her she's wrong.
This thing that has happened, it's so wrong.
To think it just happened one night.
So I tell her, and she's nodding her head.
She looks at me with sympathy.
She says, "41 and it's your first time.....my oh my, you poor thing."
Then she turns to the TV and says, "I can't hear it, is there a remote?"
She finds it and turns The Judge up louder, while my words get stuck in my throat.
I don't say anything.
I just think about this whole thing.
Then the nurse calls my name, and I'm gone.
Just like that, this thing is gone.
And here I am a year later, still trying to think that this thing was all wrong.
A year later, and I still hope that getting rid of this thing wasn't wrong.
A year later, and I know that I'll forever be singing this song.
Was I wrong? Was I wrong?
Was I wrong?
Comments (7)
But then again, she also took this Beautiful song by James Blunt, and turned it into "My Pubic Hair", so go figure:
Got a Brazilian….
Got a Brazilian
They said I'd swell.
I saw the doctor.
It hurt like hell.
He smiled as he put his gloves on,
said, "You won't feel a thing."
But I could put no faith in that,
when he began to sing:
"Your pubic hair, your pubic hair
your pubic hair, it's through.
I can't replace what was ripped away,
and I can't say what to do,
but if I were you I'd sue."
Yes his words made sense
and got me incensed
He could see from my face that I was
fucking tense
and I don't think that I'll see him again
'cause I did some damage to his driveway fence.
My pubic hair, my pubic hair
caused me a ticket, too.
I can't replace what was torn away
so you see what I must do.
Yes, I do believe I'll sue.
Na na nana na. Na na nana na. Na na nana na na-ah!
My pubic hair, my pubic hair!
What once was red is nude!
There must be a Brazilian with a smile on his face,
when he thought up what we should suffer through.
So it's time to face the truth:
All us women, we should sue.
Lis, 2007
May 17, 2008 4:20 AM | Reply | Permalink
I'm glad you didn't write that. It's really bad.
May 17, 2008 5:06 AM | Reply | Permalink
And you didn't recommend the piece I'm guess.
Hmm....Wondering how this system works. Four comments and two recommends. A sign of personal rejection to the poster or a sign of distaste with the idea of the post. It seems odd that one would take the time to respond and then not recommend the piece. I'm new, obviously.
May 17, 2008 10:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
Protect Roe v Wade!
And protect our rights to poetic parody!
May 17, 2008 8:27 AM | Reply | Permalink
My body lies over the ocean
My body lies over the sea
Stolen by faux life devotion
Oh bring back my body to me
Bring back, bring back,
Bring back my body to me, to me
Bring back, bring back,
Bring back my body to me.
May 17, 2008 10:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
I got a kick from the lyrics. Thanks.
May 17, 2008 11:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
It's a very thought-provoking piece, and I think it demonstrates a need for an honest discussion about fetal development. I think that knowing exactly what their fetus is and is not will help most women get through this difficult decision. Here is a link to the Mayo Clinic's explanation of what happens in the first trimester, which has links to the second and third trimesters, as well.
May 17, 2008 11:27 AM | Reply | Permalink
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