your identity is illegible
the lack of it defies category-
every Misrecognition
less about gender but a
Function of Organized Efforts
to convince you
you don’t exist as yourself.
but you are yourself.
They tingle your neck to pervasively whisper
in your ear
why bother?
you ink an ode, a lullaby
for the Someone out there with a wound
the precise shape of your Words.
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