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from Scars

Cindy Sostchen


II. Scars From a Biopsy of the Breast

“War wound”, the chesty technician calls it,
the site where the surgeons
cut cut cut
checked for cancer and came up empty
“Want one for Christmas?”, I hiss at her, unamused,
“Red is a popular color”, she coos through hot lips and the steel eye of
the
machine
I feel small and imperfect under her kiss

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