Band aid women
Stretch their adhesive
Cushioning the wounds
Left by other women.
Band aid women
Continue to absorb
Long after their
Medicated pads
Are saturated
With blood.
Band aid women
Never tear fine hairs
And band aid women
Never leave dirt-clotted outlines
Suggesting where they’ve been.
Author Bio:
Evelyn F. Katz is a writer and teacher in spite of her 2nd grade teacher. Her work can be read in Riverrun, The Voices’ Project, and Coffeeshoppoems and will be featured in an upcoming issue of Tell Us a Story Blog. Evelyn is the recipient of the Irwin Shaw Honorary Mention Award in Fiction Writing.
Stretch their adhesive
Cushioning the wounds
Left by other women.
Band aid women
Continue to absorb
Long after their
Medicated pads
Are saturated
With blood.
Band aid women
Never tear fine hairs
And band aid women
Never leave dirt-clotted outlines
Suggesting where they’ve been.
Author Bio:
Evelyn F. Katz is a writer and teacher in spite of her 2nd grade teacher. Her work can be read in Riverrun, The Voices’ Project, and Coffeeshoppoems and will be featured in an upcoming issue of Tell Us a Story Blog. Evelyn is the recipient of the Irwin Shaw Honorary Mention Award in Fiction Writing.
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