Mammogram Poems - Poems about Mammogram

When told she’d have to remove her blouse and bra, she hesitated. “I’m not comfortable exposing my breasts without clothing, my husband would not approve. Besides, she said somewhat irritated, don’t x-rays see through clothing?” Yes, they do, said the male attendant – it’s my eyes that can’t. ...

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While waiting for my mammogram, A most annoying test, I had a thought no poetry Has up to now addressed. About the ones whose job is Squeezing every woman’s breast And manipulating angles ‘Til it’s properly finessed. With each mammary maneuver, Getting patients more distressed, She keeps kneading and adjusting, Like a potter who’s possessed. What a way to make a living! Though it’s time that I...

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I have no idea how long it has been since I have been here. A couple of years? I guess. Try eleven, the nurse tells me. She is wearing little pink mounds on her scrubs; cute! Is that bad? It’s not good, the nurse says sternly. She squeezes me up into tiny plastic boxes. Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Now hold your breath. BRRRR...

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Mammogram central They are asking me questions I have no answers Where did I have my last mammogram? I thought I had it here The last one they can find was 12 years ago I am unconcerned My breast looks like it is healing I feel good Even though they squeezed my girls Scrunched up into old men in a tiny plastic box No way to...

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Ode To A Mammogram Checking the calendar for appointments to be made I come across a giant circle that I placed there yearly take another day off work and dress for the parade I’ve lost a list of many friends who I loved so dearly a simple test they could have had to keep them all well a large machine, a...

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A mammogram’s not what gals cherish. The pressure is truly nightmarish. But what if the guys unbuttoned their flies and felt the same squeeze… they would perish....

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MAMMOGRAM The doctor sent me for a mammogram He said it was the right thing to do. 'It's only a simple little check-up, Making sure all's clear with you'. Not aware of what lay ahead, I was in for a dreadful shock. The nurse said to take off my bra, Then plopped my boob on a block. Another block came crashing down, Which squashed my...

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In the waiting room … A sea of ashen faces Women with their partners We were waiting, just waiting My name is called Heart pounding I gather by belonging My husband gets up … But he’s told he can’t come in with me I feel vulnerable and alone In the little cubicle I undress and put a hospital cape on Now its...

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She stood there humiliated, nearly naked as a stranger touched her. She was searching for something she could not see, she could not feel: A silent killer, a raper of self-esteem, identity, womanhood. She endured it, the pain, the embarrassment, because her mother had died and she would survive....

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That mammogram! That mammogram! I do not like that mammogram! Would you like it on a couch? I think that I would still say ouch! Would you like it with champagne? I think that I would still complain. I do not like that mammogram. I’d rather eat green eggs and ham. Would you like it with no squeeze? I think I’d still be ill...

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I never go to the doctor, I never am that ill But once a year regardless, I go in for my big thrill. As a bigger breasted woman, a mammogram I must receive Each and every year and so I've come to believe It's a punishment for those endowed designed by those who are not. And in this terrible vise...

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Women over fifty need to have a mammogram yearly, It is an important test that involves squeezing a woman's breast. It is for cancer screening but leaves some women really screaming, Place your breast on machine which clamps down on it like a fish sandwich. Then it's tender to the touch not many women like this too much, I do believe it's a man who invented...

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