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Recall by Jayne Stanton

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  • May 26, 2024
  • 1 min read

a woman walks into a Breast Care clinic

a woman almost changes her mind

a woman puts all her clothes in one basket


a woman walks into the waiting room

a woman wonders how much longer

a woman fears the worst


a woman walks the line of corridor

a woman wants to be any place other than

a woman on the brink


a woman walks into a consulting room

a woman learns why she is here

a woman can’t think straight


a woman walks to the treatment couch

a woman is numb to her core biopsy

a woman becomes a hospital sheet


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Jayne Stanton’s poems have appeared in numerous print and online magazines and anthologies. She has written commissions for a county museum, University of Leicester’s

Centre for New Writing, poems for International Women’s Day, and a city residency. A

pamphlet, Beyond the Tune, was published by Soundswrite Press (2014).


This poem was selected by Anthropocene Guest Editor Tom Branfoot.

 
 
 

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