The Wandering Womb Poem by Sheena Blackhall

The Ancient Egyptians and Greeks
Thought that wandering wombs were non fiction
Causing sore throat, anxiety, asthma
And Hysteria-a bogus condition

Now we know that it's anchored inside
The size and the shape of a pear
All those terrible cramps every month
And the menopause…woman's despair

Three inches that rule womens' lives
Childbearing is not for the soft
And now mine's dropped down from its perch
A surgeon must hoist it aloft