Poetry International Poetry International
Gedicht

Salena Godden

Cervical Smear

Cervical Smear

Cervical Smear

Open your legs, poke your inner flower.
That’s it, lady. Did you bathe or shower
before you came to surgery today?
Looks like you should have, shall we say.
 
Now see these metal razor-sharp utensils,
As wide as sellotape around one hundred and fifty pencils.
Now, that’s to clamp you like a car jack.
Just relax, lie on your back.
 
Ooh, lady! You are a wide one.
Have you had children or just a good run?
Let me shove in this splintered wood,
ram it in carelessly, oh you are good.
 
Now breathe slowly while I insert
some broken glass covered in dirt,
and twist and spring catch it wide,
with fourteen mirrors and spoons inside.
 
There you go, slip back into your clothes.
I place my glasses on my nose.
You’ll have the results in a few days.
Try to use lube and not mayonnaise.
 
Now, what exactly seemed to be the trouble?
A little itch? That’s your shaving stubble.
Now, take the Pill until you’re forty.
See you then, if you’re not naughty.
 
Next patient please, nurse, there’s a sweet,
As I mop Vaseline off my plastic sheet
and sterilise my razor-sharp sticks of lead.
Hello lady, hello lady, hop on the bed.
Salena Godden

Salena Godden

(Verenigd Koninkrijk, )

Landen

Ontdek andere dichters en gedichten uit Verenigd Koninkrijk

Gedichten Dichters

Talen

Ontdek andere dichters en gedichten in het Engels

Gedichten Dichters
Close

Cervical Smear

Open your legs, poke your inner flower.
That’s it, lady. Did you bathe or shower
before you came to surgery today?
Looks like you should have, shall we say.
 
Now see these metal razor-sharp utensils,
As wide as sellotape around one hundred and fifty pencils.
Now, that’s to clamp you like a car jack.
Just relax, lie on your back.
 
Ooh, lady! You are a wide one.
Have you had children or just a good run?
Let me shove in this splintered wood,
ram it in carelessly, oh you are good.
 
Now breathe slowly while I insert
some broken glass covered in dirt,
and twist and spring catch it wide,
with fourteen mirrors and spoons inside.
 
There you go, slip back into your clothes.
I place my glasses on my nose.
You’ll have the results in a few days.
Try to use lube and not mayonnaise.
 
Now, what exactly seemed to be the trouble?
A little itch? That’s your shaving stubble.
Now, take the Pill until you’re forty.
See you then, if you’re not naughty.
 
Next patient please, nurse, there’s a sweet,
As I mop Vaseline off my plastic sheet
and sterilise my razor-sharp sticks of lead.
Hello lady, hello lady, hop on the bed.

Cervical Smear

Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Ludo Pieters Gastschrijver Fonds
Lira fonds
Partners
LantarenVenster – Verhalenhuis Belvédère