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they called him sissy
by okanomodé
they called me
sissy
punk
faggot
weak
like a little girl
as if, like a little girl was the worst thing one could be
i'd later grow to understand why so many men are afraid of SHE
but that's a later story
they called me
sissy
punk
faggot
weak
they told me
little boys don't play with dolls
boy u'd better catch this football
they told me, over & over in chinese water torture fashion
what i was, what i was not, & what i would become until eventually
i believed them
& i would breathe in
wish not to breathe out nor in
ever more or again
they were mostly, so-called, MEN
some, my father's friends
some, their sons
others, were jason & kimo in christian school, & when i finally asked cousin lee
just what a FAGGOT was, & he shared the webster's unabridged with, love
my childe-heart bruised, & i was crushed
an innocent
sexualized before my body, mind, or soul knew who i was
what did they know of me that i did not?
& like, loving a man was the worst thing one could do
soon enough i'd come to understand why so many men are afraid of HE
but that's a later story...
they called him sissy
by okanomodé
they called me
sissy
punk
faggot
weak
like a little girl
as if, like a little girl was the worst thing one could be
i'd later grow to understand why so many men are afraid of SHE
but that's a later story
they called me
sissy
punk
faggot
weak
they told me
little boys don't play with dolls
boy u'd better catch this football
they told me, over & over in chinese water torture fashion
what i was, what i was not, & what i would become until eventually
i believed them
& i would breathe in
wish not to breathe out nor in
ever more or again
they were mostly, so-called, MEN
some, my father's friends
some, their sons
others, were jason & kimo in christian school, & when i finally asked cousin lee
just what a FAGGOT was, & he shared the webster's unabridged with, love
my childe-heart bruised, & i was crushed
an innocent
sexualized before my body, mind, or soul knew who i was
what did they know of me that i did not?
& like, loving a man was the worst thing one could do
soon enough i'd come to understand why so many men are afraid of HE
but that's a later story...
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