REDUCTIO AD ABSURDAM
Until it happens to you
ventures close to your life
the flash of the scalpel
is entertainment
you do not see the cost of survival.shall I make jokes
call her an Amazon now
a soldier sworn to a particular battle?shall I mourn because my friend
has been reduced
by her breast
by her hair?the next time she sees me
none of this will show
I am a civilized person
given to mourning in private.
For a friend (from 80s)
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This should have gone into the ES-SG book – if I had remembered.
Thank you for remembering.