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7-11

My mother asks my father what he’s chuckling about as he walks through the bedroom door

“Nothing, just, she said it’s seven eleven.”

He trails off…

We both know she doesn’t understand

(And I know what he doesn’t understand, too)

The smile moves inside, but today it doesn’t die

Today it’s 7-11 and there’s two tubs of barbeque chicken thighs labeled in my own hand

Red, like the Alabama Wasp in Mom’s Mexican petunias

The labels dissolve in water, leaving plastic tubs nameless once more

Yesterday at Granny and Papa’s we sat on the porch and my cousin

Tried to explain how wasps make paper

“They chew up wood and spit it out” he says

(I close my eyes and think of how complicated all my college learnin’ would have made that)

I thank god for my Mother’s family

Three little girls shriek through a quiet evening and

I rejoice

Life is simple, when I let it be

It’s hot as sin out there, but I put one foot in front of the other until I’m back home

My uncle’s fruit trees hum with life

My aunt’s chickens are silently dreaming of an oven

(Maybe that’s just me. Don’t you work up an appetite in this heat?)

Days blur into one long hot summer

Sweaty arms have never felt so good to hold

The sun conspired to make me face my talents

And I found myself prolific

It’s hard to track all the movements of the stars but

The birds are so much closer

I’ve been stealing clouds for so long, I stopped to watch a tiny thunderhead fly past

Edges dusted with sunset peach, its impotent threat electrified me

And in the fury,

an Osprey

Tumbling on the wind, made gold with dying light

Every day is Tuesday in the sky

Yeah, today is 7-11 and I’m lucky,

I’m in heaven

spykenspikes

The new low has been reached. Crying to guns n roses like I’m 13 again. Too old for this shit (my 20s)

spykenspikes

Normal now, locked in and put Judas priest on like the lord intended

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tankhall

one thing i find strange about TERFism and trans-criticism is how much of it is just attractiveness politics. it seems to be the leading talking point. sure, make your points on sexual dimorphism or biological sex differences (which any normal trans woman is fully aware of already, mind you. the average transsexual is not claiming she’s experiencing period cramps lol) but so much anti-trans discourse seems to just be “well you’re ugly so you’re not a woman and i feel unsafe.” which seems…. so counter-productive to your movement. trans women, like any group of people, are nowhere near exempt from criticism, but what is the point of putting so much emphasis on such an empty and invalid viewpoint? so much of feminism seems to hark on how men only respect women they find attractive, yet the majority of your breath is spent on here pointing out physical characteristics that you seemingly think invalidate someone’s identity. how does having broad shoulders, a wide jaw, and a five o’clock shadow somehow equate to being a predatory rapist? it’s a mindset i’ve never understood. obviously it’s prevalent outside trans discourse, people just generally seem to equate ugliness with evilness, but you would think a group of individuals who posture themselves steeped and rooted in theory and academics wouldn’t weaponize such a vapid and vague talking point. (not to say only terfs do it, your average Internet Man absolutely loves to dunk on the fuckability of any given trans woman at any given time, but….. fork found in kitchen.) idk, i’ve just always found it odd. like i’m sorry but i just don’t buy into the idea that you’re supposed to be reasonably terrified of someone in a public bathroom because you think they’re ugly. i think you might just be an asshole.