Dear Dad, I've been dying to tell you that I'm gay tucked away in a box of my childhood toys you'll find almonds, cashews, and unsalted peanuts your first son and I are not alike my favorite color blue, his green synchronized like gears in a clock I too am drenched in sweat I have your oversized cotton t-shirt on the one I wear to sleepΒ Β I rewatch the video I recorded of Gustavo and I locked and intertwined in a shape that's unsuited for your eyes the same blood running through you your father and his father is the same blood that runs through me resilient, strong and wild like an untamed horse Hasan, our shared name, my signature it's similar to yours