Girly Freak Show
I need a VCR to expain some things
like
Why they called me an bundle of sticks
or told me to shut the front door in my face.
My first Ladies' fest of course
taught me to follow mom's rose petals
to the soup kitchen
age 11 and we can find my mother together there
Before that it was
"He-She" or "It"
when they called me
any names at all
Purple hair after living overseas
Behind my long hair are tears
I already left Korea a young girl
I didn't see Vietnam yet
Coming home I learn I hate school
and I am alone in my home town
The best frenemies, bullies aren't
any older than me yet
'Go get the strongest fighter
Fiercest I don't know or care!'
Before that
a room beside the class
We hide so close to
The homophobic driver
A survivor of what next
I didn't ever expect
A White room with a tv
above a blank table top
Driver is the game they task
in middle school
if is it real
what do you intend to do?
they ask
attacking us
what's this about?
the dangers of us, or them?
That's Bully for you dear.
Copyright © Lyra Pendragon | Year Posted 2021
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