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Nov 2020
Hmm?? What was that?
What did you just say to me??
You’re not down with the way that I talk??
You think my big words are all just for show?
Oh, my makeup, that makes me a ****??
These tattoos, they’re just over the top?
My eyes are too blue?
My hair is too big?
My body’s too thin?
My clothes aren’t your thing??

Well, listen up.
I don’t give a ****.

I’m not here for your pleasure.
I’m not your one-woman show.
I don’t need your approval,
So get up off of my flow.
I exist for myself, I don’t care if you hate it!
You can scorn it or mock it or judge and berate it!
Go ahead, live your life, do what you need to do,
But I’m not changing a **** ******* thing just for you.
I’m in love with my life and I love who I am,
So if that doesn’t fit in your neat little plan
Then just show yourself out and get out of my way.
I’ve got mountains to climb.
I’ve got something to say.
Better get your thesaurus, I’m not dumbing it down.
My words are my scepters, and my boldness my crown.
That’s right, yeah you heard it, you’re addressing a queen.
What’s that phrase, “Children shouldn’t be heard, only seen?”
Listen up, tiny child, time for grownups to play.
You can’t hang with this crowd, shut your mouth.
WALK AWAY.
Jennifer Faris
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Jennifer Faris  38/Non-binary
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