LAYING ON MY BACK

Poetry

Apr 16

LAYING ON MY BACK

By Farah Lawal Harris, 2024

On my chest sit

bags of sand.

Almost 40-year-old version,

me with artificial titties.

9 months since the double mastectomy

and when I hear the sound of AC, I glance down to see

phantom nipples hardening.

Gone.

They’re really gone.

I can finally buy a bra from Target, y’all.

Well-dressed poet, theatre artist, and breast cancer survivor.

DREAMERHEAD