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God's biggest mistake,
She sanded away
layerafterlayerafterlayer
just to see her wishbones.
Calling boys peaches,
hoping they'd taste
just as sweet—
Mad cats and top hats
had her questioning
her own rose garden reality.
Because upside down
is right side up,
and holy rollers think her
much too butch for her own good.
As she prefers lipstick kisses
over slithering tongues.
She sanded away
layerafterlayerafterlayer
just to see her wishbones.
Calling boys peaches,
hoping they'd taste
just as sweet—
Mad cats and top hats
had her questioning
her own rose garden reality.
Because upside down
is right side up,
and holy rollers think her
much too butch for her own good.
As she prefers lipstick kisses
over slithering tongues.
Literature
The Taste of You
I want to wake up next to you
and curl my naked arms
around your belly
and arch my back in a morning stretch
and yawn into your hair.
I want to press my toes into your calf
and kiss your shoulder
and the back of your neck
and tickle down your spine
with spindly fingers
and test the echo of your ribcage
with my cheek pressed to your chest
and swallow you in dainty morsels
until your heartbeat is my own.
Literature
Men Don't Cry
Come on be a man,
Men don't cry.
Come on be a man,
Men don't cry.
All my Life
I have been forced
To be someone I wasn't
To be someone I am not.
Come on be a man,
Men don't cry.
Come on be a man,
Men don't cry.
I am a boy
A boy who likes other Boys,
But forced to be straight,
I am Bi.
Come on be a man,
Men don't cry.
Come on be a man,
Men don't cry.
I am in Love with another boy,
But he says that he is "not gay."
I am in Love with a boy,
But he Hates me.
Come on be a man,
Men don't cry.
Come on be a man,
Men don't cry.
I am No Man,
And I have to cry.
Literature
Lesbian
Lesbian
I take two Advil PMs for my headache. I could take them all and end this, but I take two. The sneers and dirty looks of today flash into my mind and I have to force myself to set the pill bottle down. What were my parents thinking? Sending me to a catholic school was the biggest mistake they couldve made. There isnt a Gay Straight Alliance here because its against the rules to be homosexual. No, they dont have a rule in the student handbook that says Being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender will resort in expulsion but they might as well. The teachers dont call on me when I raise my hand.
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The touches of whimsical strangeness that you carry throughout this piece are very much reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, which is wonderful. It really hilights how confusing and strange discovering your sexuality really is.
Though not a reference that many will immediatly catch on to, "Mad cats and top hats" is a simple and also impactful line. It brings in that Alice feel, and can also be taken as a synonym for the "holy rollers" you mention later. It is a beautiful choice of words for that moment.
The sweet childlike quality you give to sexuality is rather refreshing. It's so common now to see an artist focus on sexuality as very physical, or to merely concentrate on love as a "pure" emotional force. But you have taken even some of the physical sides of romance, and given them a quality of childlike innocence with this Alice emulating piece.
On the downside, there are a couple of lines that can sort of lose touch with the reader. In particular the fourth and last lines both have this kind of dissonance. In line four, it is really the use of the word "wishbones" that sets off the line. Because of the typical Thanksgiving turkey connotations, it may seem off to readers. In the last line, it is the fact that "sloppy tongues" does not provide a stark contrast with "lipstick kisses" in terms of the gender/sex of this partner. A much clearer comparison with something like facial hair could be used.