Taxonomical Tyranny
Encroaching oblivion
In nineteen seventy-two
At Tulane you tried
To induce straight attraction
In a gay man;
To unmake him.
Will I be reduced,
Cut down,
Trans no more?
Simply a woman I’d say.
Simply a man you.
In twenty eighteen
Your white house thought
To cage language with law
And define me away;
To force upon me an encroaching oblivion.
Would you play god and remake me
In your image? Young and strapping,
Muscles toned, oiled and handsome,
Nothing queer about me,
With a clear desire.
body of stone is out of print from The Blasted Tree Store
Featured by The Blasted Tree: October 26, 2021
Helen Robertson
Contributing Author
body of stone by Helen Robertson is a Blasted Tree original collection of poetry.
ISBN [Digital]: 978-1-987906-76-9
Cover Design by Kyle Flemmer