ABSENCE

pDIV align="left" TABLE cellpadding="5"TR VALIGN="TOP"TDIMG SRC= "../sites/default/files/arch_img/435/photo_1_supplement.jpg" //td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TD/td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TDTR VALIGN="TOP"TD pby Tiger Walsh /p pabsencebr / br /what you search to fillbr / br /with every pill poppedbr / br /praying not to feelbr / br /tearing of rocks and razorsbr / br /gutting dreams from the bottombr / br /of your belly where the visionarybr / br /the prophetbr / br /the healerbr / br /the hopebr / br /the creator in you used to livebr / br /now where the thunder of hideousness rumblesbr / br /persistant like beatingsbr / br /from police employers strangers familybr / br /convincing youbr / br /to be the monster we see on TVbr / br /ricki lake sally jesse jerry springerbr / br /you know the fucked up contortionsbr / br /they force your reality intobr / br /justifying your grotesque punishment/p pthis is for the queensbr / br / the fairiesbr / br / the high maintenance femmesbr / br / the stone butchesbr / br / the 24/7 transsexualsbr / br / the gender benders/p p i pay homage to my predecessorsbr / br / it is becuz of youbr / br /that i can flaunt my desirebr / br / for lipstick and silicone dicks lips sticking to clitsbr / br / this shit is not sickbr / br / you taught me to carry pridebr / br / in my panties proud of heavy pantingsbr / br /the way our queers hearts love is nothing lessbr / br /than spiritual perfection endless complicationsbr / br /of beautiful never settle for lessbr / br /than freedombr / br /your herstory is built on stone wallsbr / br /you beat back the prison cells of gender withbr / br /martini glasses bar stools andbr / br /high heels/p pnow 32 years laterbr / br / i benefit from your strugglebr / br /we all dobr / br /queer youth coming out youngerbr / br /and younger expanding the bounderies of genderbr / br /normalities further and further but the strugglebr / br /continues cuz the billy clubs don’t stopbr / br /searching for mini skirts with dicksbr / br /gender police pricks still criminalizing your identitybr / br /our families still unforgivingbr / br /not realizing they got blessed/p pso i kneel and pray that you reclaim the sunshinebr / br /in your smile the tree trunk curvebr / br /of your spine you are divinebr / br /and always have been indigenous women humblybr / br /approach you asking for a blessing cuz they knowbr / br /you are closer to godbr / br /occupying the promise land between male and femalebr / br /your resistance the roots of rebellionbr / br /unearthing the atrocious truth of this capitalist systembr / br /so breathe full belliedbr / br /melt the rocks for the goddess in you to lead usbr / br /forward in this fight towards freedombr / br /towards justice towards lifebr / br /open lungs expand heartsbr / br /breathe us towards lifebr / br /in this fight for our livesbr / /p/td/tr/td/tr/table/div/p