Richelle Slota

LETTER TO THIS WICKED CULTURE THAT LIES TO ITSELF THROUGH ME

Her new vagina, $20,000, Canadian.
She proudly shows us selfies
at transgender support group.

In life, we all get looks.
I get looks,
about my wild hair, the sudden  

appearance of my own
surgical scars.
Wouldn’t you like to know.

Never about the secret
female in my brain
hiding in the open.

Never about my silent body
sleepwalking through life
inside a bag of boy clothes,

boy behaviors forced on me
by this wicked culture
that lies to itself through me. 

Truly Not Yours,
Richelle


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