Socially Pieced

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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