A POET'S NOTEBOOK

A POET'S NOTEBOOK

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Mar 31, 2025
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for International Transgender Day of Visibility 3/31

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Nonbinary notices Secret Femme from across the bar.

Nonbinary not too worried with presenting for or against gender norms: Hi! This is me.

Secret Femme (he/him): Great! If you’re cool with it, can you present as he/him for me?

Nonbinary: Sure.

Secret Femme kills Nonbinary.

Nonbinary: Wait why did you do that??

Secret Femme: Oh, I hate all men.

Nonbinary: Yeah, that’s why I transitioned, motherfucker. I—

Secret Femme: Sssssshhhh. You’re dead.

Nonbinary decomposes back into they/them ghost. Leaves.

Secret Femme, alone, at night: How come they always leave!!! Men suck. :(

Secret Femme cries herself to sleep. 

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