About the Author:
American poet Veneta Masson directs Sage Femme Press in Washington, D.C.
“Pathology Report” was first published in the Annals of Internal Medicine December 15, 1992;117(12):1055, and subsequently in On Being A Doctor, Michael A LaCombe, Editor, ACP Press, 1995, and is republished here by permission of the author.
Our loneliness sits with us at dinner, an unwanted guest who never says anything. It’s uncomfortable. Still we get to know each other…
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The tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
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The thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
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I spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
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