Monday 12 February 2018

12th February 2018

morning sun
over a blanket of snow
magpie's Chinese fan


© Rachel Green 2018

The doctor's surgery
gave me a welcome package
when I was eight years old
including an appointment note:
ALWAYS KEEP THIS CARD
Almost fifty years
and I still have it.
My name has changed three times,
my pronouns twice
my gender once.
Doctor Theopolis died
when I was eleven
but I still have his card
and remember the bruises
he left on my arm.


© Rachel Green 2018

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