DiVida dresses like a man

Vandal Poem of the Day: September 6, 2022

 by Monica A. Hand

cotton slacks shirts with stripes
lavender ties popular in spring
hip chains for keys padded thigh seams

she stands in the women’s
line prefers the smell of a woman’s
almond shaped unwashed sex a woman’s

water; but today she gets ejected
for looking like a man; ejected
for absent-mindedly grabbing her crotch; ejected

for acting like a man
even when Sapphire hisses: She ain’t no man
she just likes to dress like man

they demand that DiVida leave
who screams: You can’t ask me to leave
cause I’m not feminine I won’t leave
if you please

I will use the ladies room please
this is my gender identification please

even if I look like a man

from DiVidaFind more by Monica A. Hand at the library
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