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To Those Who Last Accepted Us


Here is a poem to the people who last 
accepted us. Our love lasted for the 
longest until you succumbed to 
their non-stop stereotyping. 
Like parents, you told us 
you accepted our ways,
but now you are 
hoping this is 
just a phase.
 
 
Selling us 
pretty lies, hoping 
we won’t break. Well, 
let me tell you: we are not 
broken beings. We are not stuck 
in a hazy daze, confused by reality 
and what we make. Your plans for us 
are now clear: you want to take out our tongues 
until all we can do is hear your slurs, rejecting ourselves.
 
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