11.07.2025

Call Me They

 

I've been thinking

about gender a lot,

who I am

and who I'm not. 


Some Friends weren't

sure what to say,

till I asked them

to call me they.


Now I'm free

to breathe and be

true to myself—

Y'all,

this

is

me.



Greetings readers. It's Friday! Check out other poets at this week's Poetry Friday Roundup hosted by Laura Purdie Salas. She has a new book coming out soon—Flurry, Float, and Fly! 


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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11/07/2025

    Love this so much, especially the message and the "Y'all..."

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