From 6fe442de1e0fb7bce86eb333e1a2156df54c73f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ada Werefox Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 15:24:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] New poem just dropped. --- .../poems/2023-05-16_what-should-you-say.md | 73 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+) create mode 100644 void-fe/data/poems/2023-05-16_what-should-you-say.md diff --git a/void-fe/data/poems/2023-05-16_what-should-you-say.md b/void-fe/data/poems/2023-05-16_what-should-you-say.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..45d3d78 --- /dev/null +++ b/void-fe/data/poems/2023-05-16_what-should-you-say.md @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +# Gender Isn't Something You Can Make Someone Be (What Should You Say?) + +What should you say? \ +What should you do? \ +When there are so many people out there \ +Looking up at you \ +\ +I can't stop being so impressive \ +I can't stop being so obscene \ +Showing myself to the whole damn world \ +Making everyone say "that's who I wanna be" \ +\ +It's true that it's scary being "normal" \ +It's true that the journey's quite a drag \ +Queen in the making, I'm celebrating \ +Can't shoot me down in this middle act \ +\ +What should you say? \ +What should you do? \ +When there are so many people out there \ +Looking up at you, I'd say \ +\ +Fuck it, this life is right for me \ +Fuck it, laws can't keep me from being me \ +You wanna get me hiding under my bed \ +Parading colors like it was the national flag \ +\ +It's too hard to be cisgender \ +It's too hard to be unseen \ +I can't hide who I am and that's just \ +What they don't wanna see from me \ +\ +What should you say? \ +What should you do? \ +When there are so many people out there \ +Looking up at you \ +\ +I'm a monster, I'm a scene \ +Cut throat killers, living dreams \ +I'm the topic of the week, committing phrases on the screen \ +\ +No way back to home right now \ +There's nothing safe about the South \ +I'm no predator, but my pen writes bullets shooting from my snout \ +\ +Radical conservatives \ +Can kiss my ass and choke on it \ +Yeah, I'm not normal, but maybe normal's not a word that should persist \ +\ +I'm happy, I'm laughing, I'm living my life \ +You can't stop me when you put me in your sights \ +I'll wave my flag proudly and give you a punch \ +Can not see you liking that treatment too much \ +\ +What should you say? \ +What should you do? \ +When there are so many people out there \ +Looking up at you \ +\ +This is where I'd end the story \ +Somewhere happy and complete \ +But we're just getting started here \ +Don't keep running from your dreams \ +\ +It may seem hopeless to hold on \ +But we're all stronger and they'll see \ +The only things killing trans teens \ +Are bigots yelling in the streets \ +\ +So what should you say? \ +What should you do? \ +When there are so many people out there \ +Looking up at you