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I Do Not Want Equality. I Want Revenge.
I thought I’d write a flowery phrase about the women that inspire me,all the aspirations they dared me to dream,the ways I followed the paths they placed before me,but,no.I won’t betray them by being docile in the face of disrespect. It is a day for women,and I tire of men doing the minimum.I don’t want…
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Stolen, Not Sick
I was stolen, in an instant, cool metal colliding with my crowded thoughts and then they just… stopped. It was so loud, and I had learned to love the sound. It was like a street party. I was the Queen of my own chaotic playground. Walking down somewhere safe, somewhere that makes sense and letting…
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A Little Something For The Straight Man Who Haunts The Only Gay Bar In Town, Looking For Me
I am behind bars at the bar,parading myself like a prize at the fair,but my intended audience is never there,just this one guy, with grey hair and grey skin who always wants to buy me drinks,fumbles his fingers across my pendant and mumbles pedantic, pretentious nonsense about how his soul is pink,printed with my name,and…
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The Mad Mermaids
I went to catch a wave with my local librarian.The sun was smiling, like I’d told a joke,and I was glad to be lost in the crowd.Tsunami of girls, all locked inside of our assigned roles,the fathers of fascism storm the streets,but they fear femininity,how it weakens men,makes them indecent and unkind. I am a…