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Deborah Mason Cataract

Poem: Cataract

June 10, 2026 Deborah Mason

Cataract Hours of your eye being wetly numbed with other eyes in the waiting room. Then you’re on the operating table, knees raised over a bolster, hand held. Keep still as you’re wheeled under curtains. Eyelid pinned. Look up at the bright lights moving in and out of focus. It’s a skull: two eyes and … Read more

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