mogai
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I'm Seventeen.
I talked to my counselor today.
The school won’t let me back to class without a note from a therapist;
i want to wear
pastels
and cute skirts
and expensive stockings
but i hate it
when people call me a "girl"
"she"
is a word
i am starting to hate
not inherently
only
when used for me
and i say
in my head
"'they' or 'it', please"
but silence is king
"A"
does not stand
for "ally"
it is us
overlooked
and denied
we are not broken
we are complete
we do not need
your precious ritual
"A"
we are
forever mute
a community
of silence
we speak
loud and clear
to have words
snapped up
by our brethren
they all say
"speak up"
and we do
