A poem a day in April from Rutgers English PhD students and friends.

Friday, April 8, 2016

Doctor's Visit List

Check for smoke detectors
in the home.
Find out if anyone in the family 
has kidney failure. 
Is dialysis 
kidney failure.
Learn to accept needles 
you are an adult now.
Do breast exams 
regularly.
Know your last period. 
Know when you had a tetanus shot.
You walk but does it count.
What if it includes stairs.
Is it cancer in the family
if she got it when she was 85.
Is sadness an illness.
Do my roommates"live" with me.
Why is itchiness on here
isn't that just normal.

2 comments:

  1. love this/such good questions re: health/identity/family/aging!!! "isn't that just normal" = so relevant to the Sick Woman Theory we read in feminist working group.

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  2. love this/such good questions re: health/identity/family/aging!!! "isn't that just normal" = so relevant to the Sick Woman Theory we read in feminist working group.

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