Wig
- Surviving Breast Cancer
- Nov 21, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 19, 2025
By Jenny Burkholder
Dedicated to Amy
Today I send my wig to you—
the platinum blonde bob
black and white spy movie
nobody will know
hide what’s not there
the pretend
cry
mercy of it—
so, you too, can be
in spite of it.
About the Author:
Diagnosed with triple positive MBC in 2019, Jenny Burkholder is the 2023-2024 Montgomery County Pennsylvania Poet Laureate. She’s the author of Repaired (Finishing Line Press, 2016) and co-host of OVERexpressed & OUT, a podcast that outs amazing women and their healing journeys.
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