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He Hated Her




When he was born,
the doctor said
the baby was a girl

And as he grew up,
the tomboys schoolyard teased,
she could really take a punch

Then when he reached adolescent age,
the hormonal rage of estrogen 
really started kicking in

He got so much testosterone frustration,
because of this periodic ovulation

And in his daily anger, 
he accused God
Said it just wasn’t mascara fair

He bemoaned the long hair on his head,
cried how he wasn’t given enough muscle instead
Oh, and the wretched bleeding inside ... 
that cursed 3-to-7 every 30 scarlet tide

He hated her      so much, 
	    yes he did

Her body he didn’t love ... 
	no, not one little touch 
		    at all

His wish was to canvas dance 
with his knuckles 
Fist paint some red drips 
on some weak feminine others

His kill switch life mission, 
was to scrape together enough money
for the surgical change

Split emotional competition — 
gender bender moods ain’t acne funny
Nobody felt her XY pain

The head doctors never understood,
he’d die 
for the physiological change

Always pregnant with anger,
he tear vowed in his masculine heart ... 
Nobody’s gonna double dare ask
	   YY 
he changed his name

Because he hated her      so much, 
		          yes he did

Her body he didn’t love ... 
	no, not one wrist scar touch 
		          at all

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 11/28/2018 1:22:00 PM
Should be required reading for the entire world: Tremendous insight into what it feels like to be trapped inside the wrong gender wrapper. Bravo! Blessings, Gershon
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Date: 11/27/2018 10:49:00 PM
Brutally incisive, Mr Freddie. Excellent piece.
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