In my 20s<\/p>\n
I roared<\/p>\n
when I found out<\/p>\n
how much I didn\u2019t know<\/p>\n
about the body I was born into<\/p>\n
and the tricks of contortion<\/p>\n
I\u2019d learned to fit inside<\/p>\n
assembly line boxes<\/p>\n
made to my measurements<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Who measures the men?<\/p>\n
A hundred years before,<\/p>\n
so reticent to end<\/p>\n
the long suffering<\/p>\n
of (some) women<\/p>\n
looking to choose<\/p>\n
and catch a deep breath<\/p>\n
from the diaphragm<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
These days<\/p>\n
deep breathing only goes so far<\/p>\n
when so much is at risk<\/p>\n
Are we\u2014<\/p>\n
the women,<\/p>\n
the queer ones,<\/p>\n
the boxless ones\u2014<\/p>\n
all some cursed Cressida?<\/p>\n
Sentenced to float downriver<\/p>\n
in a little boat<\/p>\n
for jilted Troilus\u2019 amusement<\/p>\n
without a paddle to Roe<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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