Caren Krutsinger Poet Prose Poetry

Coach T Is a Boy

Can girls play football?
Boys are screaming no
Not all the boys
Some

Can boys be chefs?
Girls are shaking their heads
Not understanding at all
That the best chefs are men and women

Why must we slice people up and push them into pigeon holes?
Why do we do that?
What is the point?

I tell the children that Couch T plays football
They all love Coach T
I love Coach T

Coach T is a boy! One of the kindergarteners shrieks at me
I had not considered that they thought this.
Two more boys begin shrieking that Coach T is a boy.

I have never asked Coach T how she identifies herself.
We all have a they; some of us know it; others have no idea
I am in a quandary now
Do I ignore this?
I am at a loss.

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L Milton Hankins October 13, 2021 at 9:00 AM It is wonderful that most little kids do not make the kinds of judgements about people we do. All they see is Coach T, and they love him. They do not care about Coach T's genitalia or self-identification. I love it. Caren Krutsinger October 14, 2021 at 7:31 AM They love him/her/they with a passion and so do I. No matter how she identifies himself.