Lab Notes: Chronic Illness

Girding my loins for battle

Jackie Olsen
Rainbow Salad
Published in
2 min readApr 30, 2024

--

Photo by Coline Haslé on Unsplash

On days when my body
is slated for medical inspection
I take special care

as with a new lover
what will they make of this skin
of these eyes, of my hair?

--

--

Jackie Olsen
Rainbow Salad

Come for the insights on aging, leave with a doggie bag full of frogs and exoplanets. Now more poems about vacuuming! she/her/hers