fender bender

what's your gender
fender bender?

what's your
pro-
nouns? your
post-
modern
apocalyptic
triptych
she-heeeee
her him thay
what are you
GAAAAAAY?

bendy
enby
all in
outtie

i got a mister sir
with hippy dippy
long hair
and hips i
couldn't hide in
baggy pants

i got a Real Woman
screaming at me in
a bathroom (excuse
me) a ladies room
'cause i failed
that defining
definition of
WOMANHOOD in
all three
dimensions

i got a father a
brother a sister a
friend a stranger
a whole army
saying man man man
aren't you a
lesbiAN?

butch i'm no butch
it's a trademarked
subculture i've got
no business never
minding
and

any-
who spends a year
shuffling paperwork to
become a nobody by
another name? a
funny name is
that your REAL
name? are
you
a
real
person?

a woman a
man?

a somebody to
anybody out
there?

don't accommodate
me i'm no
pussy call me
he she her him hi hello
Hiawatha
call me Al
call me a monkey's
uncle nobody calls
me aunt any-
more

i'm me meaning
nothing symbolizing
nothing representing
nothing for forty-
seven
years of
trans verse
psychosis
between body and
boy-woman-girl-man

an ugly compromise
hiding an
inner oasis of
self-
love and

peace

i'm not here
to play politics or
pound a square peg into
a see-man-tic
merry-go-round

i'm not here
to demand you
understand

i'm not like
you

i'm not like
them

i've got what i want
i'm who i want
to be

i'll die
knowing i
never wanted
to change

one

damn

thing.

February 24, 2021