she identifies as she
it wasnt a pronoun debate assertion
just good oldfashion she
she does not identify when she writes
with I or me reads themshe believes far too frequently
I
me make declarations statements
her classics You’re either with U.S. or you’re against U.
S..
Bushwhackers
or make threats
Declares States and Makes ThreatsOhmy
only thing she lacked and certainly wasnt going
to acquire was a knock-off of Dorothys blueanwhite
gingham pinafore fittedbodice twostraps kneelength skirt worn over a
creamcoloured highnecked blouse and those goddamn goddamn
puffy sleevesher mother dug
them she herself never wore them she was a woman but continually outfit her as a little girl on Sundays
for church in similar attire puffyfuckin sleeves until
she threatened to go to church naked rather than
wear
assimilate Dorothy
they didnt have a dog
goldfish
her mother could tolerate goldfish
they didnt shed
didnt have to take them for a walkalthough when she read in the backyard at the picnic
table in the shade of a black walnut and a pear tree she took them outside so
they could see the fishbowl she lived in
her neighbourhood
she was pretty sure the goldfish
thought as they gold that all human beings were white like her neighbourhood
if the little boy nextdoor that summer ran through the sprinkler into a ray
of sunlight he shone like a Fourth of July silverwhite sparkler at night
stunninglywhite
like her fathers bleached starchedwhite shirts hung to dry in the sun on the clothesline
goldfish
whitepeople
all in glass bowls
didnt dare throw stones
then she did as a teenager
all hell broke loose
the sex was great
she identified as she
disliked the subjectivity of Is and mes adored
dissecting the world objectively
but
as with all worthwhile human beings whatever colour
she was being who she was
immaculately
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