Four Fridays in the family planning clinic
The first, a consultation, uncomfortable questions
Feeling defensive
I lost track of time, and I don’t know the type of system or device
That lays inside
How could you not know?
I don’t know
But I know this was not what I asked for and that’s why
I forgot to keep a record
If I could speak freely I could explain
I don’t want to assign blame
But for twenty years I have requested something
You always refuse
Because one day I may change my mind
And it will be too expensive to undo
As a teenager I asked to be sterilised
I’ve repeated this request six times
It is an extreme procedure
Yet two decades later
Your response is always the same – denied!
So it’s no surprise
That my body, which I have come to despise,
Is full of hormones I didn’t want
Expired
Image Credit: Gerald Friedrich