Poetic reflections on today's news...
POETIC REFLECTIONS
American uteruses lament
removal of freedom of choice
Liberty has now become infertile
Sperm remains potent yet
unaccountable
Droves gather to champion Roe
Fourteenth in the distance
overshadowed by supreme
injustice
Prolapse is the resulting condition
A time to mourn for some
A time to rejoice for others
Half a century battle overturned
Auguries of despair on the rise
Precedent set and inequities thrive
Dr Clark is an outpatient psychiatrist at Prisma Health-Upstate and clinical associate professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville. He served on the American Psychiatric Association’s Task Force to Address Structural Racism Throughout Psychiatry, and he currently serves as the Diversity and Inclusion section editor and advisory board member for Psychiatric TimesTM.