Against, Without, and Below

To be a woman in some ways more masculine than man To be a tree whose efforts bear no flowers nor fruit To be uninteresting, unattractive, and unloved To be showered with compliments and praise, and, To know that they will only ever be superficial To be a miserable clump of decaying flesh To be a cell in the organism that is the world, that is, To be defective and easily replaced To be without fellow tissues and organs similar in form and structure To be without purpose, save to waste resources and to die To lack grace, charm, and feminine qualities To be a burdensome, bulky, boulder to society To be different- but not a good ‘special’ or ‘unique’ To be disgusting- a disdained freak To be cursed without a remedy To be what I am To be me