The Absurdity of Equality

You claim I am equal to you, and you to me
    Are you blind as a bat? Can't you see?
  You're a man from your head to your toe
    I'm a girl, now a woman, from the very get-go

  A man's muscles ripple under your clothes
    Even you suspect what every sane person knows 
  It will never be fair, just because you think you're female
    that we non-trans women athletes are left to fail
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Summers Avatar
May 10, 2023 at 7:14 AM
Let’s just give everyone a Participation Ribbon and call it a day. John
Wolf Avatar
May 10, 2023 at 6:57 PM
Oh, a brilliant idea, John. Participation Ribbons it is!! Now, how about pink for boys, blue for girls, and garish green for turtles with 'short-neck-syndrome?'
Turner Avatar
May 10, 2023 at 5:41 AM
Keith is right, as usual. Good one, GW.
Turner Avatar
May 11, 2023 at 12:35 PM
I guess that means I'm far right too. What do ya know? Thanks GW:)
Wolf Avatar
May 10, 2023 at 6:58 PM
Keith is far-right, actually. King Far-ouk
Lawless Avatar
May 10, 2023 at 4:25 AM
I picked up on the same "twist" as Suzanne....you devil you!!!
Wolf Avatar
May 10, 2023 at 7:01 PM
As Elvis once put it, I'm 'the devil in disguise.' As Mayor Daley of Chicago reiterated it: 'I'm da devil, in dese guys!'
Delaney Avatar
May 10, 2023 at 2:49 AM
Oh yes…..goes without saying. No contest. Fun how you written from the woman’s POV. Clever you, GW. SuZ
Wolf Avatar
May 10, 2023 at 7:04 PM
Well, I'm at least 49% female, if that counts for anything. ~ High Heels to Boot(s)
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