[stylist] Transgender Spoken Word Poem

[Jackie Williams]

Kaden, How is a "spoken Word" poem different from a written poem?
This is a wonderful outflowing from the conversation joined by all some
weeks ago about the different textures, colors, and shapes of the boxes we
all inhabit.
It expresses well your heartbreak and frustration of not being accepted for
what you are and always will be. 
I might suggest that you  change the word, "disfiguring" to disfigured to be
more in line with the other words.
Also, for me, the M seems like it should be inside the box instead of under
it.
I do miss the punctuation that might clarify the words for me. Perhaps that
is what you mean by a spoken word poem. But I am not there to either see or
hear you.
It is poems like yours that might make a difference with the unaccepting
population who believe it is always a choice. 
Jackie Lee

Time is the school in which we learn.
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz	 

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Hello all, 

I have been working on a spoken word poem that I would like to share
with you all. It's about assumptions of what we see on the surface and
assuming who they are. 

Don't Assume 

By Keitei Colton

Don't assume who I am
You see me and assume that I can
The hurtful words you speak fall onto Deaf ears
But the words you have have meaning
They tell me that I am wrong
Abnormal
An abomination
Disfiguring
Sick
Perverse
Not worthy
You see me and assume that I am white
What you don't know is that I bleed a rainbow of tears
For the words I speak, you cannot hear
The box I shout from is dark inside 
No matter how much I try,
I cannot get out of my white box
The one that is marked with an F
What words can I use that will make you see
That I am more than just a white box marked with an F
I crave for the letter M
Maybe I am nothing more than just the letter F
But what you don't see is the letter M beneath the white box
I try to hide the hurt I feel when you say I can't 
Who am I?
Just another white box marked with an F?
I am much, much more than the white box marked with an F
I am who I am
And nothing can change that

Kaden 
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