Nov 21, 20231 min read

Wig

By Jenny Burkholder

Dedicated to Amy

Today I send my wig to you—

the platinum blonde bob

black and white spy movie

nobody will know

hide what’s not there

the pretend

cry

mercy of it—

so, you too, can be

in spite of it.

About the Author:

Diagnosed with triple positive MBC in 2019, Jenny Burkholder is the 2023-2024 Montgomery County Pennsylvania Poet Laureate. She’s the author of Repaired (Finishing Line Press, 2016) and co-host of OVERexpressed & OUT, a podcast that outs amazing women and their healing journeys.

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