As Male As Male Could Be

Identity is free flowing
    when you're young and growing
      at least, it was for me

  Yet somehow when I ripened
    my anxiety never heightened
  I was male, as male as male could be
    ~ two ears under straw hat, 'twas me

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Date: 6/14/2023 11:09:00 PM
Life was so much simpler back when Gershon how did this all start and who is pushing this agenda. We should always remember to love those that do not have our ideology they have feelings too. Sometimes we forget to do so. I just pray for them to realize their gender. I hope I am not being biased but I have to be honest with myself and how I feel based on my faith...
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Date: 6/14/2023 4:54:00 PM
I’m busily biting my tongue, GW. All this ‘fifteen zillion genders plus dog, cat or moose’ makes me seethe. Male, female… that’s your choice. Take it or leave it… Mr Platypus! I suppose, before I forget, I should say, ‘Smart write, Sir or Madam.’ Terry
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/14/2023 7:44:00 PM
Call me 'Sir Wolf.' lol... All this fun stuff going on five to six decades under me. I'm missing out on all the good times. ~ Green with Envy Male-man
Date: 6/14/2023 1:53:00 PM
And the man of the hour is the male, as male as male can be…
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/14/2023 7:47:00 PM
Actually, I'm for sure 49.9% female. After all, I was an English teacher and an ESL teacher. Almost all of my 'colleagues' were female... And I typed 85 wpm at age 12 on an old Smith-Corona upright manual typewriter... Hate to let you down there, Kim. If being a female were more fun, I'd probably have been one! But, nah! I was a pretty fair athlete in three sports. We males had so much more fun, at least 'back in the day!'
Date: 6/14/2023 6:57:00 AM
be yourself is what matters, there are all colors to make a painting, beautiful and appreciated poem
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/14/2023 7:48:00 PM
My colors are tiger, moon, and pi. ~ Semi-senescent
Date: 6/14/2023 5:50:00 AM
take off the hat you're making an ass of yourself. Beware the Macho when they become Groucho.....
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/14/2023 6:35:00 PM
Now John, That hat is the best part of me. ~ Don Key Hotie
Date: 6/13/2023 11:25:00 PM
A male should be male as a male could be. Hail your manliness ! Bravo! :) Effeminate males are contemptible!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/14/2023 8:00:00 PM
I agree, Valsa. Effeminate males are even worse than masculine females. Well, on second thought, maybe it's a draw. :) gw
Date: 6/13/2023 9:52:00 PM
Was you a Donkey?
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/13/2023 10:13:00 PM
Ha, ha, ha, ha! Either that or a Don-key-ho-Tee!
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