When he was 14, the youngest of my brothers
says he doesn’t like girls
and what should he do
at school
when people call him a ***

Mom says
love em and let em go, says
they don’t know any better, says
how do you know
for sure
if you’ve never tried a girl

He asked her the same

Asks how she knows
she’s a woman
how she knew she wanted kids,
if she still wants them now

My brothers say
try harder, say
what do you expect, say
get tough
and learn to fight
Wish it
away, pray it
away
We’ll teach you how