Maybe I\u2019m just some asshole Gen-Z
\nPacMan swallowing words and avoiding <\/p>\n
my own ghosts, or maybe my identity
\nis not something repressed but grown <\/p>\n
like hair or fingernails, trimmed into
\nshapes that make sense, repainted <\/p>\n
and groomed, changed with the times.
\nMy genders stack like dead skin cells, <\/p>\n
growing into something long and beautiful.
\nMy room is littered with flannels, the most <\/p>\n
non-commital brand of masculinity
\nI could find– #dyke, #butch, <\/p>\n
#transmasc– but maybe I have it
\nright this time. Maybe my girlhood <\/p>\n
was nothing more than bad fashion
\nsense, a childhood costume I\u2019ve long <\/p>\n
outgrown, but I cannot imagine
\nmy voice being deeper than it is, <\/p>\n
if it would sound more or less
\nlike myself. Maybe I would wear <\/p>\n
skirts again if I could pair them
\nwith a beard. Maybe there is still <\/p>\n
time to figure out what kind
\nof man I want to become. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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