Clubs
Added 2024-04-26 20:59:02 +0000 UTCClubs We Don’t Want To Belong To
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had to go for a follow-up to my breast exam
doc had found a mass
next a specialist
sat in the waiting room
sat for a long time
uncomfortably quiet
a room was filled solely with women
all somber
as I dared to raise my head
gaze around the room to look upon my fellow victims
saw women of all types
though clearly the youngest
the women would be called into the doctor’s office
some would come out quietly and leave
some would come out in tears
some would come out openly sobbing
all of us in the waiting room would sit there as if at the bottom of the guillotine post
no one wanted to look at each other as if we might catch the awful cancer the other might have
yet, we all belonged to the same clu
the club of ‘what if
a club we did not sign up for
nor want to join
a club none of us would own up to belonging to
someone’s name was called
none of us would have the courage to meet the eyes of the woman rising to leave the group to enter the doctor’s room
hated that club
wanted to flee
but had to wait
had to wait for my number
