an afternoon spent 
in a hospital gown, 
weighing more 
than a baby elephant –
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at 43, 
my mother had veins    
like the berlin wall.
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her breasts, 
twin witches, 
evil beasts. 
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scattered satellites, 
across the islands 
of her landscape. 
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separating cells, 
pebbles in a pond –
an empire of glands crushed.

Published 13th July, 2024.


"HER2 is about breast cancer; HER2 is the protooncogen that is linked to breast cancer. I thought it worked well because it may be read as 'Her too' as well."
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Lara C. Widmann was born in 1997. She graduated from LMU Munich with a degree in German philology in 2022. In 2021, she studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Exeter. She has recently been published by the Decadent Review, The Black Spring Press Group, and Assignment Magazine. Currently, she is attending medical school in Germany.
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