Inside of Rigidly Cogent Binary Illusions

Inside of rigidly cogent binary illusions—the pedagogue’s configuration wages war against gender. . .

Ahhhh what insignificant absorptions we lend tothe power of misgiven labelsthat allow color and sex and class to be unchecked fables

With cis-tem failure our beings are again able. . .to reclaim living with delicate phrases

For you and meDear City of Brotherly Lovewhat a beautiful

rhythmic, boundless treatbringing us to know ourselves without defeat—

the intersecting immure of preservingtrans and Black giftsgiving voice and beauty

to the deconstruction of mythsthat we can only be the

either orMarquisI once was and am no more

Black or brownwoman or girl

but all things meall thingsall me

Sincerely.