Misconceived Labels

Weird, Homosexual, Creepy, Autistic, Geek

These labels have never once brought me the grief of intentional bullying.

The lack of them has.

Give them labels to define me,

or they will assign the labels themselves.

They are crueler in taking control than being granted it.

To define is to understand denotatively, not connotatively,

but understanding enough for comfort of control.

Labels are control, copious information from a single, and community.

Misconception- labels are bad.

My labels comfort me.

 
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