The Size of the Lesion

Straus, Marc

Primary Category: Literature / Poetry

Genre: Poem

Annotated by:
Coulehan, Jack
  • Date of entry: Dec-09-1996

Summary

Sometimes communication is best served when it doesn't communicate baldly and precisely. In this 12 line poem "a daughter comes in late / and you don't say exactly what you feel . . . ." You tell a patient "the x-ray showed / little change, knowing they won't ask / if the lesion's a little smaller or larger."

Commentary

A poem about holding the line against too much self-knowledge.

Primary Source

One Word

Publisher

Northwestern Univ.: Triquarterly

Publisher

Northwestern Univ.: Triquarterly

Place Published

Evanston, Ill.

Place Published

Evanston, Ill.

Edition

1994

Edition

1994