The Next Miracle
By: Susan Maree Jeavons
If a surgeon’s knife
can remove cancerous cells,
why can’t that same knife
eradicate memories of incest
from my brain?
Is my affliction not as deadly?
Is my quality of life
not as important?
Simply identify the flashbacks,
the bitterness and shame.
Cut them out one by one,
separating conscious
from unconscious memories,
evil from good,
until all that is left
is pure me...
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