By P. A. Mendelsohn
GP: Time for your mammogram.
You’ve forgotten to care for yourself.
Too busy.
Stop. Do it.
First Dimension.
Radiologist: See that?
Like bubble gum on a shoe
Dragged across your sultry bosom
Loved no more.
At war with your complacency.
Second Dimension.
Surgeon: I got it all.
No need to thank me.
It's my job.
Next.
Really, it's gone. Just a little radiation.
More prevention. With a lasting shadow
Across your lung to remember us by.
See you next year.
Third Dimension.
Spirit.
You are loved.
You are safe.
You are cradled in your fear
You are held in your shadow.
You are never, never alone.
You are ours. We are yours.
Just ask. Listen. Breathe. Repeat.
Fourth Dimension.
