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Zoe Holden Jun 2019
here is
   ME
one
       two
              three
me

here I STAND
feet scarred by    the    Land
by the    MAN
Begotten by the son of MAN

forgotten by    the    SON
held down by his    GUN

me who has been  
      SHUN

they move    ON
they ride away at    DAWN

GONE
GONE
GONE

They who felt the   DRILL
of the ****

AND you listener can you    GUESS ?
here let me put you to the TEST.

women born without their DRESS
are still those of the        BREAST.

THIS MUST BE
                                             StReSsEd


her life was in their    HANDS
YOUR HANDS
as they dragged her to the        BADLANDS.

they are to blame
OUR CULTURE IS TO blame.

Brittany White
Muhlaysia Booker
Chynal Lindsey
these their NAME.

black trans    WOMEN

she never asked to    SWIM IN

so take my   QUOTE
it's dead bodies that   FLOAT.
Zoe Holden Jun 2019
eyes downcast and heart heavy
my mother still smiles
Zoe Holden Jun 2019
here is the
moon filled sky.

this is the town
of sleepy wanders.

these are the
star-lusted street lamps.  

these are the houses
where they roam.

this is the sidewalk
where she has pondered.

here is the house
of quiet lone.

where she has
escaped to the back-porch.
Zoe Holden Jun 2019
To be anyone else in the world must on some passion feel grand
implanted in the seed of the vast growth of humanity
here i stand
me as i am
   -you can find me on Pluto II
Zoe Holden Jun 2019
Sometimes the desire to shake the shackles of
soul and sin arises
   -You can find me on Pluto
Zoe Holden Jun 2019
In reflection
I'm just angry and sad
when all the world needs is a sun beam
-painting myself a smiley face
Zoe Holden Jun 2019
If they could feel everything as I wrote
just as I did
then maybe they'd know
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