Transgender Poems

Applied rouge on the cheeks
Tied a glittering necklace round the neck
Putting heavy makeup,
Over the stubble on her shaven chin,
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Now that I've typed 2019, I'll concentrate,
to, this New Year's showcase, consecrate …
to the "divine purpose" of entertaining you,
with dozens of poems, or ….at least a few,
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Transgender women
leggy blondes smoking cigars
Thursday at the bar
the rum shot caught in her throat
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TEDDY WISHED TO BE BETTY....[ ' Anatomical Gender ' Vs. ' Mental Gender ';
Who Shall Decide One's Gender Role(s) ? , 'You' or 'her, him, or ' Other ' '? ]
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Vrouwendag
vandaag is het niet vrijdag DE dertiende
maar gewoon donderdag 8 maart
nog geen april
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Mi Scusi, Mi Scusi, the courts of Genoa,
I beg you your pardon,
What is wrong with Friday?
Mama Mia songs are about the hits that were recorded by the Swedish group ABBA,
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Today is not Friday the thirteenth
but Thursday the 8th of March
not yet April
but March will stir his tail still
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The transgender poems
rip away the sacred day. Were you
projecting death to wait at the end of life?
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Is the person in dispute
He, she, neither or both?
Genetics, Endocrinologists,
Psychiatrist, Gynecologists,
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Soldiers are the patriots of our country
Unless of course they are gay or a transgender,
Then they don't stand for the brave or the free
And against foes, they will all runaway or surrender.
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As December comes to its final week.
allow me to ink some words quite meek**.
[they won't be heard above a mouse squeak]
'Please, at this showcase, will you peek? ? '
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I am remembering holding this book I am holding now,
reading this poetry book I am reading now, and remembering
how I would read this poet in college. Occasionally, maybe rarely.
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Seems a Holy Band assembled
…..Hypocrites…..Americana
Church Folks on Sunday morning
….Back home……in Indiana
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her ams around my upper body-

mine around her lower, 

we whispered, laughed

(almost kissed!) 

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Women's Day
today is not Friday The thirteenth
but Tuesday 8 March
not April yet
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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key
to vote in favour of a bill to allow marriage equality
for same-sex couples because it won't
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If someone is at my home and they need to piss
Whether they are a mister or a miss,
Maybe it's my father or my mother or my brother or sis
To allow them to use my toilet, I will not ever dismiss.
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God created Adam and Eve
He also created Madam and Steve,
God created everything from his blender
Which includes the gays and the transgender.
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you would think
that if we didn't sink
after finding a million and one
untraditional ways to cross a river
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I am 16 years old
I enjoy theater, color guard, and poetry
I have an amazing friend group
I hate Spanish class, but I love English class
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If you don't love America then get out
I heard them all scream and shout,
If you are transgender or if you're gay
Then leave the United States now, today.
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SPEAKING OF HISTORICAL (AND CURRENT) WRONGS:

What about women
restricted by religion
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A boy, a silver spoon toy, he thought it to be too poor
So as a man, his father's business he ran, but always wanted more
Power wanted, wealth flaunted, even a TV show
Though lawless, he ran for public office, charming many below
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First they came for the immigrants
With their hate and lies and wickedness,
But, I didn't see or said a thing
But, joy to my heart it did bring.
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First we'll deport every illegal immigrant
Said the sitting president,
Then we'll rid those with a birthright citizenship
We will get rid of all of them really quick.
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Two other men on the cross
With Jesus were to die,
Their death was no great loss
As the Roman's did laugh and mock and did cry.
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Unfinchigly, I come
to explore the reason for fall
to explain the expired truth.
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I am transgender, a soul untamed,
Seeking solace, my true self proclaimed.
In this journey, I've found my role,
Here's what I need to be made whole.
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In a world that clings to rigid forms and norms,
A struggle stirs beneath society's gaze.
For souls who bear a truth that deeply transforms,
Transgender hearts navigate uncharted ways.
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