Book club

Turns into scandal club
A single-person argument
Seemingly going nowhere
 
Do I respond?
Do I yell?
Do I ring a discrimination bell?
 
Advocacy
Is not just accepting acting fatuously 
But working on biases adamantly.
 
You can’t be
The hero
The victim
And the one who makes the dictum
In every situation.
 
You can’t blame others
For sensitivity
Just because you’re convinced 
You have privity.
 
Just because your gay friend
Thinks you’re a real friend
Doesn’t mean you don’t have to contend
With your biases.
 
Just because the only
Trans people you know
Are too afraid of you 
To defend themselves
Doesn’t mean you have the right
To pretend those selves don’t exist.
 
If you want to earn
A right to return
To the people you’ve burned,
You must let your stomach churn
And accept some discomfort
And be open to learn.