i have chosen to acknowledge my position
the intersections that allow judgement
he said, “I met a girl”
never a woman
because this here lies a competition
one chosen for the teenage girls and the milfs
one to breed envy and beauty products
do you think they preach youth because it sells
I do

it is time to unlearn
scatter your brokenness for war
think about reproductive labor and femicide
and why masculinity is a precursor to assault
because this is more than just what we choose
you are not a flower
and even so it is not your fault