genderinequality
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Once upon a time, a man fell in love
With a stunning woman under the sea;
They seemed to fit, so when push came to shove
He asked her to be his queen, with much glee.
Concrete shells dig into my fleshas your teeth gnaws at my neck –hungry, vehement, absent.
1. I was supposed to be a boy.
Doctor’s conceptions and my family’s history stated
That only two girls had been born into the Shepardson family in three generations.
I was going to be a boy.
