Yesterday, 10:40 AM
I do not deny that the effects of the past are still with us.
But I refuse to anticipate compliance. I will shove
cops out of my way even if it takes several hard
looks and several gray
streaks in my bog-witch
hair, in the hallway I will strengthen
my looks by repeating them I will confer
upon them an irremovability
the equivalent of destiny, assigned
cop at birth, poor deluded mass, I will pour
electrolytes on their heads I will confuse
the cultural biology of
their gender dressed
in suits, ready to mistake
my car as uber, to get in with
the stretch of a commodious
belonging: how dangerous open
bodies can be, on the road.
We watch me walk down the hall.
The pollworkers cannot cover
their face, he says. No visible
evidence of weapons, meaning guns he
voices the last part
yes, he voices the last part.
————
Stolen words from Hélène Cixous, late to her party as I am.
When I first heard the acronym ACAB I thought it meant “assigned cis at birth” and I was like, mmmm buddy aren’t we all.
But I refuse to anticipate compliance. I will shove
cops out of my way even if it takes several hard
looks and several gray
streaks in my bog-witch
hair, in the hallway I will strengthen
my looks by repeating them I will confer
upon them an irremovability
the equivalent of destiny, assigned
cop at birth, poor deluded mass, I will pour
electrolytes on their heads I will confuse
the cultural biology of
their gender dressed
in suits, ready to mistake
my car as uber, to get in with
the stretch of a commodious
belonging: how dangerous open
bodies can be, on the road.
We watch me walk down the hall.
The pollworkers cannot cover
their face, he says. No visible
evidence of weapons, meaning guns he
voices the last part
yes, he voices the last part.
————
Stolen words from Hélène Cixous, late to her party as I am.
When I first heard the acronym ACAB I thought it meant “assigned cis at birth” and I was like, mmmm buddy aren’t we all.