“Pelvic Physio” by eileen mary holowka

Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Pelvic Physio” by eileen mary holowka.


Pelvic Physio

By eileen mary holowka

there is a button in my anus

that when pressed makes my

body scream โ€œkill yourself.โ€

and this is something I must

breathe through

to heal that everyday golf ball

of ache in my pudendum. the spot

named after the latin pudenda

meaning that whereof one

ought to feel shame.


Copyright ยฉ eileen mary holowka

eileen mary holowka (they/she) is a writer with a background in poetry, video games, theatre, community organizing, and patient advocacy. They live in Winnipeg on Treaty 1 territory with their two cats, Merton and Moira.


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