Author: davidword

The Definition of Womanpoems on gender TRANS PEOPLE IN PRISON First, about prisons Tear them to the ground Build new buildings Make something new  Never gonna happen Of course not This is capitalism There’s money to be made Power to be held onto  But let it be said Before we start talking about band-aids This is the swamp we live in The pit we have…

GENDER ESSENTIALISM  There is no such thing as a real woman There is no such thing as a real man Not in biology Not in gender identity We don’t exist as definitions We exist as individuals And even that is an abstraction Where is it, exactly, that I end And the rest of the universe begins The problem is… History makes definitions How does it…

The Definition of Woman poems on gender SUPPOSING Supposing I thought of you as a man of courage A man who knew his own mind Who could look people in the eye and say This is who I am A man who could face danger for what he believes in A man of commitment, down for the long haul A man…